Three Hebrew Boys in the Fiery Furnace
Marble, Unknown Provenance
c. 400
Augustine, Against Faustus the Manichean.
400
Augustine writes Against the Letter of Parmenian (Contra epistolam Parmeniani), Responses to Januarius
(Ad inquisitiones Januarii) and On the Work of Monk (De opere monachorum.)
c. 400
Apostolic Constitutions gathered from previous sources indicating African influence on shaping
of early canon law.
c .400
Codex Bobiensis provides evidence showing that the first Latin translation of the gospels came out of Africa (Carthage) containing the shorter ending of Mark.
c. 400
African saints and martyrs include Antonius Honoratus, bishop of Constantina in Numidia; Faustinianus, bishop of Timgad in Numidia; Palladius, bishop of Tebessa in Algeria; Perseverantius, Donatist bishop of Tebessa, Algeria; Pomerius Julianus of Mauretania; Potentius and Renatus, bishops of Tipasa in Mauretania; Secundus, bishop of Timgad; Urbanus, bishop of Sicca Veneria; Urbicus, bishop of Tebessa; Victor, bishop of Constantine in Numidia; Victor of Cartenna in Mauretania.
400-401
Augustine writes On Baptism and Against the Donatist (De baptismo contra Donatistas.)
400-419
Augustine writes The Trinity (De Trinitate.)
401
Augustine writes On the Good of Marriage (De bono conjugali) and Holy Viriginity (De sancta virginitate.)
401-405
Augustine writes Against the Letters of Petilian the Donatist (Contra litteras Petiliani). Augustine's polemical writings against Manichees, Donatists, and Pelagians dominate subsequent Western Christian thought .
401-414
Augustine writes On the Literal Interpretation of Genesis (De Genesi ad litteram.)
401-404
Rufinus writes Explanation of the Apostles' Creed and History of the Church.
402-405
Augustine writes To Catholic Members of the Church (Ad catholicos fraters.)
403
Augustine preaches in Carthage at intervals.
405-406
Augustine writes On the Unity of the Church (De unitate ecclesiae), To Cresconius, a Donatist Grammarian (Ad Cresconium grammaticum partis Donati.)
406-411
Augustine writes On the Divination of Demons (De divinatione daemonum.)
407-417
Augustine begins On John's Gospel (Tractatus in Joh. Ev.)
408-409
Augustine writes Six Questions against Pagans (Quaestiones expositae contra paganos.)
408-412
Augustine writes On the Advantage of Fasting (De utilitate jejunii.)
410
Rome is sacked by Alaric; Roman refugees flee to Africa; Pelagius passes through Hippo; arrival of Marcellinus; in ill health, Augustine retires to a villa outside Hippo for the winter.
410
Neoplatonic Philosopher Synesius of Cyrene (370-414) in Libya becomes bishop of Ptolemais in Libya,
wrote Hymns and Prayers.
410
Augustine attends the Council of Carthage XV, which withdraws toleration for Donatists; it is a huge Conference (Collatio) with 285 Donatist and 286 Catholic bishops taking part; judgment is rendered against Donatists by the imperial tribune, Marcellinus.
411
Augustine preaches regularly at Carthage, then to Cirta and back to Carthage; Marcellinus reports that Pelagian views were spreading in Carthage.
411-412
Augustine writes A Summary of the Meeting with the Donatists (Breviculus collationis contra Donatistas), De gratia Testamenti Novi and On Merit and the Remission of Sins (De peccatorum meritis et remissione.)
412
Augustine writes On the Spirit and the Letter (De spiritu et litter.a)
412
Staggered by the vulnerability of Rome under siege, Augustine began his City of God.
412
Caelestius the Pelagian condemned at Carthage.
412
Rise of Pelagianism, Pelagius writes In Favor of Free Will, against inherited sin, arguing that Adam's sin harmed only himself.
413
Augustine writes On Faith and Works (De fide et operibus) and (De videndo Deo ad Paulinam.)
413
Pelagius writes Letter to Demetrias.
413-415
Augustine writes On Nature and Grace (De natura et gratia), On the Good of Widowhood (De bono viduitatis.)
415
Augustine writes To Orsius (Ad Orosium contra Priscillianistas et Origenistas), On the Origin of the Soul (De origine animae et de sentential Jacobi ad Hieronymum), Tractatus in peistolam Joannis ad Partho and On the Perfection of Human Righteousness (De perfectione justitiae hominis.)
416
Pelagius writes Free Will.
416
Paulus Orosius arrives in Africa and brings St. Stephen's relics with him.
416
Visigoths in Spain.
416, 418, 419
Pelagius condemned in Councils of Carthage.
417
Orosius' Historiae, attempts Christian universal history from the flood to 417.
417
Augustine writes On the Correction of the Donatists (De correctione Donatistarum), Letter 185.
418-420
Augustine writes On Continence (De continentia.)
418-452 fl.
Marius Mercator (390-452), African born geographer and theological writer.
418
Case of Apiarius, excommunicated bishop of Sicca, who appeals to Rome on basis of Nicene canons.
419
Council of Carthage assembles to discuss the claim of Rome to have jurisdiction over North Africa.
419-420
Augustine writes Against Adversaries of the Law and the Prophets (Contra adversarium legis et prophetarum), On Adulterous Marriages (De adulterinis conjugiis), On the Soul and Its Origin, (De anima et eius origine), Questions on the Heptateuch and Sayings in the Heptateuch.
420
Augustine writes Against Two Letters of the Pelagians; finishes On the Trinity (De Trinitate), his principal dogmatic work on the Trinitarian mystery in the life of grace.
421
Augustine writes The Enchiridion of Faith, Hope, and Love (Enchiridion ad Laurentium.)
421
Augustine attends XVIII Council of Carthage and writes Against Julian (Contra Julianum.)
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421-424
Augustine writes On the Care of the Dead (De cura pro mortuis gerenda), On Eight Questions from Dulcitius, (De octo Dulcitii quaestionibus)and Against Gaudentius (Contra Gaudentium Donatistarum episcopum.)
424
Eraclius builds memoria to St. Stephen at Hippo.
426
Augustine completes City of God, (De civitate Dei) setting forth the Christian understanding of universal history and human destiny, his apologetic and dogmatic masterpiece.
426-427
Augustine writes On Grace and Free Will (De gratia et liberto arbitrio) On Admonition and Grace (De correptione et gratia), Reconsiderations (Retractationes), Against Maximus (Contra Maximinum Arianorum episcopum,De haeresibus ad Quodvultdeum.)
426
Augustine visits Milevis to regulate succession of Bishop Severus by Eraclius.
427
Nestorian controversy; Nestorius bishop of Constantinople condemns those who call Mary Theotokos, against long liturgical tradition; Cyril's Letter to the Monks of Egypt emphasizes the unity of Christ as divine and human as justification for Theotokos.
427
Rebellion of Boniface, governor in Africa.
427-437
Capreolus bishop of Carthage.
428-429
Augustine writes The Predestination of the Saints; The Gift of Perseverance; Prosper of Aquitaine writes
Letter to Augustine.
429
Death of Aurelius, bishop of Carthage.
429
Vandals invade Africa from Spain, approaching along the coast of Mauretania; Darius comes to Africa to reconcile Boniface and the Empress.
429-430
Augustine writes Tractatus adversus Judaeos and Contra secundam Juliani responsionem opus imperfectum.
430
Defeat of Boniface in Africa; siege of Hippo by the Vandals, while St. Augustine is still living; Vandals ravage of Numidia.
430
Death of Augustine at Hippo (28th Aug.), during siege.
434
Vincent of Lerins writes Right Remembering, (Commonitorium), articulates method for ecumenical teaching.
435
The Theodosian Code prohibits, among other things, the construction of new synagogues; sacrifices prohibited.
439
Vandals under Genseric (Gaeseric) capture Carthage.
c. 450
Arnobius the Younger, an African monk living in Rome.
451
Council of Chalcedon, Fourth ecumenical.
453
Death of Quodvultdeus (fl. 430), bishop of Carthage.
c. 454
All of North Africa and Gaul now occupied by the Franks, Visigoths and Vandals, (ethnically Gothic, religiously Arian), who persecute the Catholics of Africa.
455
Sack of Rome by the Vandals, who soon occupy all the African provinces and the islands (Sicily,
Sardinia and Corsica.)
455-476
Disintegration of Western Roman Empire.
456
Deogratias is bishop of Carthage.
468
Vandals defeat Imperial fleet.
477
Death of Genseric (Gaiseric.)
483-484
Another outbreak of Vandal persecutions of Orthodox Christians in North Africa.
484
Catholic bishop Vigilius of Thapsus called before Huneric, writes Dialogus contra arrianos, Contra Eutychetem, defending Chalcedon against Arian and Monophysite arguments.
484
Death of Huneric, king of the Vandals, succeeded by Thrasmund.
484
Acacian Schism; failure of talks between Catholics and Vandals, flight of Catholic leadership.
484-489
Victor of Vita, priest of the church of Carthage, writes his History of the Persecution in the Province of Africa (Historica persecutionis Africanae provinciae.)