Council of Carthage (397)

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The council of Carthage under Aurelius re-enacted Hippo's decisions — its canon of scripture above all — for the whole African church, and asked Rome's confirmation of the list. The African sequence Hippo–Carthage became the standard citation for the canon's conciliar pedigree.

Should Hippo's list of the books of Scripture bind the whole African church — and would Rome confirm it?

Hippo's canon confirmed for all Africa.