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Lateran Council

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noun

Roman Catholic Church.
  1. any of the five ecumenical councils (1123, 1139, 1179, 1215, 1512–17) held in the Lateran Palace.


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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

Then Epiphanius, speaking most harshly, said, “Didst thou sign the writing?” he meant the Lateran Council.

From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Allies, Thomas W.

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