Lateran Councils Quick reference
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (3 ed.)
... Councils . A series of councils held at the Lateran Palace in Rome from the 7th to the 18th cent.; five of them rank as oecumenical in the W. Church. The First ( 1123 ) ratified the Concordat of Worms ending the Investiture contest; the Second ( 1139 ) condemned the followers of Arnold of Brescia ; the Third ( 1179 ) regulated Papal elections; the Fourth ( 1215 ) defined Eucharistic doctrine (for the first time officially using the word ‘ transubstantiate ’) and prescribed annual confession; the Fifth ( 1512–17 ) invalidated the decrees of the...
Lateran Councils Quick reference
World Encyclopedia
... Councils Five ecumenical councils of the Western Church, held in the Lateran Palace, Rome. The first ( 1123 ) confirmed the Concordat of Worms of 1122 . The second ( 1139 ) condemned simony and the marriage of the clergy. The third ( 1179 ) decreed that the Pope was to be elected by a two-thirds majority of the College of Cardinals. The fourth ( 1215 ) defined the doctrine of the Eucharist , officially using the term ‘ transubstantiation ’. The fifth ( 1512–17 ) introduced minor reforms in the wake of the Reformation...
Lateran Councils Reference library
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
... Councils . A series of councils of the Roman Catholic Church held at the Lateran Palace in Rome from the 7th to the 18th cents. Five are considered ecumenical , of which the most important was the Fourth ( 1215 ), with a definition of the eucharist in which the word ‘transubstantiate’ was used for the first time, and annual confession for all Christians was...
Lateran Councils Reference library
Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
... Councils Lateran I Lateran II Lateran III Lateran IV Lateran I ( 1123 ) To confirm the agreements made at Worms ( 1122 ) and projects for reform , Pope Calixtus II ( 1119–1124 ) called a council at the Lateran, which was held from 18 (or 19 ) to 27 March 1123 . The abandonment by the king of Germany of investiture of Bishops was ratified unanimously. A serious tumult broke out on the reading of the concession made to the emperor “that the German bishops must be elected in the presence of the king and must receive the regalia from his...
Lateran Councils Reference library
Norman Tanner
The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (4 ed.)
... Councils Many councils were held within the Lateran Palace or its adjoining church. The latter is the cathedral of the diocese of Rome and was only supplanted for major councils when the more famous St Peter’s was chosen for the two most recent councils, Vatican I and II. Five of these Lateran councils were included among the ‘ecumenical’ (councils of the whole Church and therefore binding in authority) in the ‘Roman edition’ of the councils, which the papacy published in four volumes between 1608 and 1612; other important Lateran councils, such as that...
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The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages
..., Lateran Four general ecumenical councils, convened between 1123 ( *Pope Calixtus II ) and 1215 ( *Pope Innocent III ). Each addressed church and civil authority and asserted papal supremacy. The First Lateran Council (Ninth General Council) convened 18 March 1123 , was presided over by Calixtus , included some 300 churchmen, and adjourned 6 April. Lateran I ratified the Concordat of *Worms , formulated by Calixtus and Emperor Henry V , which was finalized 23 September 1122 to establish civil and papal authority. Lateran I ’s 22 existing...
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