AD 314
Council of Arles
The Donatist schism in North Africa and the validity of sacraments administered by clergy who had lapsed.
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- Location
- Arles in Gaul
- Leaders
- Convoked by Constantine; bishops from across the western provinces, with legates of Pope Silvester I
- Issues discussed
- Whether baptism by heretics or lapsed clergy must be repeated
- A common date for Easter in the West
- Decisions made
- Rejected the Donatist position and upheld baptism in the name of the Trinity
- Twenty-two canons on discipline and the Easter date
- Historical impact
- The first council summoned by a Christian emperor, and a precedent for imperial involvement in Church disputes.
Sources and References
- Augustine, Letters on the Donatist controversynewadvent.org