Third Lateran Council

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The Third Lateran Council was a 12th-century ecumenical council of the Catholic Church that, among other reforms, condemned simony, regulated papal elections, and addressed issues arising from the papal schism of the time.

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Third Lateran Council canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 12th-century event
Catholic Church council
Lateran Council
ecumenical council
addressedIssue clerical morality
episcopal elections
heresy
papal elections
papal schism of 1159–1178
simony
usury
violence against clergy and pilgrims
alsoKnownAs Eleventh Ecumenical Council
approvedBy Pope Alexander III
attendedBy abbots
bishops
priests
representatives of secular rulers
century 12th century
condemned Albigensian heresy
Waldensian churches
surface form: Waldensian movement

antipopes of the schism
simony
convenedBy Pope Alexander III
ecumenicalCouncilNumber 11
endDate 1179-03-19
followedBy Fourth Lateran Council NERFINISHED
heldAt Lateran complex
surface form: Lateran Palace
heldInCity Rome
heldInCountry Papal States
historicalContext conflict between papacy and Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa
languageUsed Latin
mainPurpose end the papal schism involving Alexander III and antipopes
numberOfCanonsIssued 27
numberOfSessions 3
partOf history of the Catholic Church
series of Lateran Councils
precededBy Second Lateran Council NERFINISHED
producedDocumentType canons
recognizedBy Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
reformMeasure excommunicated those who attacked clerics or pilgrims
forbade clergy from engaging in usury
forbade clergy from receiving benefices through simony
forbade ordination of illegitimate sons without dispensation
forbade tournaments causing death or serious injury
imposed age requirements for bishops and abbots
regulated cathedral chapters in episcopal elections
regulated the number of benefices a cleric could hold
required two-thirds majority of the cardinals for valid papal election
restricted participation in papal elections to the College of Cardinals
regulated episcopal elections
papal elections
startDate 1179-03-05

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Fourth Lateran Council precededBy Third Lateran Council
Pope Alexander III participantIn Third Lateran Council
Pope Alexander III convened Third Lateran Council
Lateran IV precededBy Third Lateran Council