Lateran Council
Americannoun
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The Fourth Lateran Council renewed it in 1215.
From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2018
But monastic influences at the turn of the millennium led to the adoption of a celibacy requirement at the First Lateran Council of 1123, and that tradition has held ever since.
From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2017
The Third Lateran Council in 1215 formally defined transubstantiation as the appropriate doctrine, thus beating out the Reformation by three hundred years.
From Time • Apr. 29, 2013
Not until 1215 was confession to a priest made the norm for the church, by the Fourth Lateran Council.
From Time Magazine Archive
A striking example of the doctrine is furnished by the decree of Innocent III. in the Fourth Lateran Council against pluralities.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
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