Agrippinus of Carthage

For others with this name, see Agrippinus (disambiguation).

Agrippinus was a bishop of Carthage at the close of the second and beginning of the third century.[1] During his episcopacy, he dealt with the issue of how to treat Christian converts from schism or heresy. He called a synod of bishops of Numidia and Africa, probably around 215,[1] which decided that such converts should be fully baptized.[2]

Subsequently, St. Cyprian would mention the positive reputation of Agrippinus (bonæ memoriæ vir).[1]

St. Augustine, in his arguments against the Donatists, would remark that Agrippinus and Cyprian maintained the unity of the church despite being doctrinally mistaken.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4  A'Becket, John Joseph (1907). "Agrippinus". In Herbermann, Charles. Catholic Encyclopedia. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  2. ↑ Christie, Albany James (1867), "Agrippinus", in Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, 1, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, p. 82


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