Canon XXXIV. (Greek
xxxvii.)
That nothing of those things enacted in the Synod of
Hippo is to be corrected.
Bishop
Epigonius
said: In this summary (
Breviarium
)
which was adopted at the Synod of Hippo, we think nothing should be
amended, nor anything added thereto except that the day on which the
holy Feast of Easter falls should be announced in Synod.
Notes.
Ancient Epitome of Canon
XXXIV.
Nothing is to be corrected in the synod of Hippo, nor
anything added thereto, except that the time of celebrating Easter
should be announced in time of synod.
The first of these introductions is that of the Synod of
Hippo in
a.d.
393; the next that of Carthage in
a.d.
394, and the third that of the same place,
held August 28th,
a.d.
397.
This canon (number xxxiv. of the code) is the beginning
of Canon v. of the last named Synod.
Johnson.
See Canons 51 and 73.