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Canon CVIII

Canon CVIII. (Greek cxii.)

Synod against the heresy of Pelagius and Celestius.

In the consulate of the most glorious Emperors, Honorius for the XIIth time and Theodosius for the VIIIth, Augusti most exalted, on the Calends of May, at Carthage in the secretarium of the Basilica of Faustus. When Aurelius the bishop presided over the whole council, the deacons standing by, it pleased all the bishops, whose names and subscriptions are indicated, 480 met together in the holy synod of the Church of Carthage to define— 481


Footnotes

  1. 496:480

    The Latin here is corrupt.

  2. 496:481

    Here begins Canon CIX. of the Latin text.

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