Second Lateran Council

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The Second Lateran Council was a 12th-century ecumenical council of the Catholic Church that sought to end the papal schism and reform clerical discipline in Western Christendom.

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Second Council of the Lateran 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 12th-century event
Catholic Church council
ecumenical council
addressedIssue discipline of regular and secular clergy
papal succession dispute
aimedToResolve papal schism of 1130
alsoKnownAs Lateran II NERFINISHED
Second Council of the Lateran NERFINISHED
approvedBy Pope Innocent II NERFINISHED
approvedDoctrineOn authority of the Roman pontiff
belongsToChurch Catholic Church NERFINISHED
condemned excessive luxury in clerical dress
simony
usury by clerics
confirmedPopeAsLegitimate Pope Innocent II NERFINISHED
convenedBy Pope Innocent II NERFINISHED
convokedInYear 1139
declaredInvalid ordinations conferred by Antipope Anacletus II
ecumenicalCouncilNumber 10
endDate 1139-04-11
followedBy Third Lateran Council NERFINISHED
forbadePractice bearing of arms by clerics
concubinage of clerics
marriage of priests
heldAt Lateran Palace NERFINISHED
heldInCity Rome NERFINISHED
heldInCountry Papal States NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages
issuedCanonOn clerical concubinage
clerical discipline
clerical marriage
monastic life
simony
tithes
use of arms by clergy
issuedCanonsCount 30
mainLanguage Latin
opposedClaimant Antipope Anacletus II NERFINISHED
precededBy First Lateran Council NERFINISHED
presidedOverBy Pope Innocent II NERFINISHED
reaffirmedDisciplineOf celibacy of Latin-rite clergy
recognizedAsEcumenicalBy Catholic Church NERFINISHED
reformed Western Church discipline
regionAffected Western Christendom NERFINISHED
startDate 1139-04-04
tookPlaceInBuilding Basilica of St. John Lateran NERFINISHED
tookPlaceInCentury 12th century
typeOfReform canonical reform

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Peter the Venerable participatedIn Second Lateran Council
First Council of the Lateran followedBy Second Lateran Council
this entity surface form: Second Council of the Lateran
Theobald of Bec participatedIn Second Lateran Council