The Opinions of the Eighty-Seven Bishops (Council of Carthage, 256)

Sententiae episcoporum numero LXXXVII de haereticis baptizandis

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Author: Cyprian of Carthage
Attribution: authentic · The minutes of the council of Carthage of 1 September 256, over which Cyprian presided; each bishop's opinion is given in his own words, and Cyprian's comes last (87). Transmitted with Cyprian's works.
Older English translation: Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 5 (1886) (public domain, at CCEL; for comparison: our translation is made from the original first and checked against it afterwards) · ANF 5 prints this as The Seventh Council of Carthage under Cyprian.
Date: 1 September 256 · The minutes give the date (kalends of September) of the council held at Carthage under Cyprian.
Written at: Carthage, Africa Proconsularis (North Africa) (probable)
Language: Latin
Genre: canon/council
Reference system: 0 = the opening of the minutes, then the bishops' opinions 1–87 in Hartel's numbering (CSEL 3.1); numbers 84 and 85 have no text of their own (Natalis of Oea, 83, votes for them)
SBL abbreviation: Sent.Not yet checked
Text from: Wilhelm von Hartel, ed., S. Thasci Caecili Cypriani Opera omnia, Pars 1, CSEL 3.1 (Vienna: Gerold, 1868), 435–461 (Printed edition in the public domain; digital text CC BY-SA 4.0)
CTS URN: urn:cts:latinLit:stoa0104a.stoa013