The bishops of North Africa
Church father · 484
In 484 the Arian Vandal king Huneric summoned the Catholic bishops of North Africa, about 460 of them, to a conference at Carthage. Led by Eugenius, bishop of Carthage, they presented a written confession of the Trinity, and were then exiled or sent to forced labour. Victor of Vita, a bishop who lived through it, preserved their confession in his History of the Vandal Persecution.
Quoted For
- 1 John 5:7–8 “in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one …”
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