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Session 1

143. [...] Et recitauit: "Priscus episcopus ecclesiae Quidiensis, Carthagini constitutus, praesente uiro clarissimo tribuno et notario Marcellino, suprascripta mandaui et subscripsi". Quo recitato, idem dixit: "Non habeo donatistas; qui illic fuit cum paucis parentibus suis, cum ipsis conuersus est". Honoratus episcopus dixit: "Episcopus noster Quiziensibus succubuit in persecutione; presbyteri nostri sunt illic". [...]

(ed. Lancel 1972: 792)

Session 1

143. [...] [Marcellinus] read: "I, Priscus, the bishop of the Church of Quiza, have arrived in Carthage, and signed the aforementioned mandate before Marcellinus, vir clarissimus, tribune and notary, in Carthage.” When it was read, he said: "I do not have any Donatists; the one who was there, with his few relatives, has converted." [Donatist] Bishop Honoratus said: "Our bishop of Quiza broke down under persecution, our presbyters are there." [...]

(trans. S. Adamiak)

Discussion:

On the first day of the Conference, the Donatists challenged the list of the signatures of the Catholic bishops on the document in which they had assigned their representatives. The roll call followed, in which the tribune Marcellinus, who presided, called the Catholic bishops one by one, and their Donatist counterparts were to identify them. Then the roll call proceeded in the opposite way, with the Donatist bishops identified by the Catholics.

Place of event:

Region

Latin North Africa

City

Quiza

About the source:

Title: Acts of the Conference of Carthage, Gesta Collationis Carthaginiensis
Origin: Carthage (Latin North Africa)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian, Donatist

The conference between the Catholics and the Donatists was held in Carthage on 1-8 June 411. Its goal was to arrive at unity between the rival Churches. The proceedings were minutely recorded, and the majority of the acts have been preserved to our days.

Edition:

S. Lancel ed., Actes de la Conférence de Carthage en 411, tome II, Sources Chrétiennes 195, Paris 1972.

Categories:

Religious grouping (other than Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian) - Donatist

Functions within the Church - Parish presbyter

Functions within the Church - Rural presbyter

Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος

Conflict - Violence

Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: S. Adamiak, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER998, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=998