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Chapter 4 - Third Lateran Council |
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Third Lateran Council 1179 CE |
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Mar. 5 to 19, 1179
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Called by |
Pope Alexander III |
Presided by |
Pope Alexander III |
Attendance |
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Key topics |
Catharism and Waldensianism, church discipline |
Documents & Statements |
Twenty-seven canons, limitation of papal election to the cardinals, condemnation of simony
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Background |
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The Third Lateran Council ended the schism (1159-77) of the antipope Callistus III and his predecessors. It also limited papal electors to members of the College of Cardinals.
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