Reaffirmed Hippo's list of 27 NT books to be read in church and asked that the list be confirmed by 'the church across the sea' (Rome). It was a regional decision; the East kept its own debates, especially over Revelation, for centuries.
Dating
28 August 397. The text survives in the Codex Canonum Ecclesiae Africanae (compiled 419); the surviving version addressed to 'Boniface' (bishop of Rome 418-422) reflects the re-issue of 419.Read the list(opens in a new tab)Council of Carthage (397), canon 47; Codex Canonum Ecclesiae Africanae 24
The 27 books
27 acceptedActs
Paul
Hebrews
General letters
Revelation
- Accepted
- Disputed
- Rejected
- Not mentioned
Notes on the books
- Hebrews (accepted): 'Thirteen epistles of the apostle Paul, one of the same to the Hebrews'; the 419 council simply counts 'fourteen epistles of Paul'.