The Third Council of the Lateran met in March, 1179 as the 11th ecumenical council. Pope Alexander III presided and 302 bishops attended. Events Third Council of the Lateran condemned Waldensians and Cathars as heretics, institutes a reformation of clerical life, and creates the first ghettos for Jews Afonso I is recognized as the true King of Portugal by Portugal the protection of the Catholic Church against the Castillian monarchy Philip II is... As a Christian ecclesiastical term, Catholic - from the Greek adjective , meaning general or universal[1] - is described in the Oxford English Dictionary as follows: ~Church, (originally) whole body of Christians; ~, belonging to or in accord with (a) this, (b) the church before separation into Greek or Eastern and Latin or... The Second Lateran, and tenth ecumenical council was held by Pope Innocent II in April 1139, and was attended by close to a thousand clerics. ... The Fourth Council of the Lateran was summoned by Pope Innocent III with his Bull of April 19, 1213. ... Alexander III, né Orlando Bandinelli (c. ... Alexander III, né Orlando Bandinelli (c. ... Cathars being expelled from Carcassonne in 1209. ... It has been suggested that Vaudoir be merged into this article or section. ... Canon law is the term used for the internal ecclesiastical law which governs various churches, most notably the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Churches and the Anglican Communion of churches. ... The Sistine Chapel is the location of the conclave. ... A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually a bishop, of the Roman Catholic Church, a member of the College of Cardinals which as a body elects a new pope. ... Simony is the ecclesiastical crime and personal sin of paying for offices or positions in the hierarchy of a church, named after Simon Magus, who appears in the Acts of the Apostles 8:18-24. ... In Christianity, an Ecumenical Council or general council is a meeting of the bishops of the whole church convened to discuss and settle matters of Church doctrine and practice. ... Events Third Council of the Lateran condemned Waldensians and Cathars as heretics, institutes a reformation of clerical life, and creates the first ghettos for Jews Afonso I is recognized as the true King of Portugal by Portugal the protection of the Catholic Church against the Castillian monarchy Philip II is... In Christianity, an Ecumenical Council or general council is a meeting of the bishops of the whole church convened to discuss and settle matters of Church doctrine and practice. ... Alexander III, né Orlando Bandinelli (c. ... This article is about a title or office in religious bodies. ...

Besides removing the remains of the recent antipope schism the council condemned the Waldensian and Cathar heresies and pushed for the restoration of ecclesiastical discipline. Three sessions were held, on 5, 14, and 19 March, in which 27 canons were promulgated. The most important of these were: For the book by Robert Rankin, see The Antipope. ... The word schism (IPA: or ), from the Greek σχίσμα, skhísma (from σχίζω, skhízō, to split), means a division or a split, usually in an organization or a movement. ... It has been suggested that Vaudoir be merged into this article or section. ... Cathars being expelled from Carcassonne in 1209. ... The use of the term heresy in the context of Christianity is less common today, with some notable exceptions: see for example Rudolf Bultmann and the character of debates over ordination of women and gay priests. ... March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). ... (Redirected from 14 March) March 14 is the 73rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (74th in Leap years) with 292 days remaining in the year. ... March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... Canon law is the term used for the internal ecclesiastical law which governs various churches, most notably the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Churches and the Anglican Communion of churches. ...

• Canon 1 stated that to prevent schisms in future, only cardinals should have the right to elect the pope, and two-thirds of their votes should be required for the validity of an election. If any candidate, after securing insufficient votes, should declare himself pope, both he and his supporters should be excommunicated.
• Canon 2 annulled the ordinations performed by the heresiarchs Octavian (Antipope Victor IV), Guy of Crema (Antipope Paschal III), and John de Struma (Antipope Callixtus III).
• Canon 3 forbade the promotion of anyone to the episcopate before the age of 30.
• Canon 5 forbade the ordination of clerics not provided with any means of proper support.
• Canon 7 forbade the exaction of money for burial of the dead, benediction, and the administration of the sacraments.
• Canon 9 recalled the military orders of the Knights Templar and the Hospitallers to the observation of canonical regulations.
• Canon 11 forbade clerics to receive women in their houses, or to frequent the monasteries of nuns.
• Canon 19 set the penalty of excommunication for those who levied contributions on churches and churchmen without the consent of the clergy.
• Canon 24 was a prohibition against furnishing the Saracens with material for the construction of their galleys.
• Canon 27 enjoined on princes the repression of heresy.

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External links

• Catholic Encyclopedia: Third Lateran Council (1179)
• Third Lateran Council