Documents of Councils of Hippo?

[copland]

I have often used the fact that in the Council of Hippo and Carthage, they gave definitions of the Canon of the Bible, though not final definitons, which did not come until Trent. I obviously did not come up with that myself but have learned it from others. But my question is whether there are any documents that come from these councils to prove my point. I have basically relied on that point upon faith in what I had learned. I have wondered if there are documents from these councils or if these facts are taken from the Church Fathers.

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[Fidelis]

The first council that accepted the present New Testament canon was the Synod of Hippo Regius in North Africa (393 AD); however, the acts of the council are lost. A brief summary of the acts was read at and accepted by the third Synod of Carthage:

Canon 24.
Besides the canonical Scriptures, nothing shall be read in church under the name of divine Scriptures. Moreover, the canonical Scriptures are these: [then follows a list of Old Testament books]. The [books of the] New Testament: the Gospels, four books; the Acts of the Apostles, one book; the Epistles of Paul, thirteen; of the same to the Hebrews; one Epistle; of Peter, two; of John, apostle, three; of James, one; of Jude, one; the Revelation of John. Concerning the confirmation of this canon, the transmarine Church shall be consulted. On the anniversaries of martyrs, their acts shall also be read.