Lateran Council
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The Lateran Councils were significant ecumenical councils held in the Lateran Palace in Rome, primarily within the Roman Catholic Church. These councils addressed various theological and disciplinary matters throughout the medieval period and into the Renaissance.
The First Lateran Council (1123) reiterated earlier decrees, condemned simony, and forbade marriage for clerics in major orders. The Second Lateran Council (1139) condemned followers of Arnold of Brescia and addressed issues concerning marriage and sacraments. The Third Lateran Council (1179) established rules for papal elections and condemned the Cathari. The Fourth Lateran Council (1215) is considered highly influential, defining transubstantiation and mandating annual confession and communion during Lent. The Fifth Lateran Council (1512–17) addressed church reform and affirmed the immortality of the soul.12345
It is important to note that the Orthodox churches do not recognize any of these five Lateran councils as ecumenical.2453
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history of EuropeReform and renewal…church councils, from the first Lateran Council in 1123 to the fourth Lateran Council in 1215, and greatly enhanced both the ritual and legal authority of the popes.
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…at the first and second Lateran Councils (1123 and 1139), which abolished clerical marriage and thus established the official and still-existing position of the Roman Catholic church.
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Callixtus called the First Lateran Council (1123), which ratified the Concordat of Worms, securing peace between church and empire for the next 35 years. His bull Etsi Judaeis (1120) gave a considerable measure of protection to Roman Jews. He was succeeded by Honorius II.
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