lateran : Idioms & Phrases


fifth lateran council

  • noun the council in 1512-1517 that published disciplinary decrees and planned (but did not carry out) a crusade against Turkey
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first lateran council

  • noun the first council of the Western Church held in the Lateran Palace in 1123; focused on church discipline and made plans to recover the Holy Lands from the Muslim `infidels'
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fourth lateran council

  • noun the Lateran Council in 1215 was the most important council of the Middle Ages; issued a creed against Albigensianism, published reformatory decrees, promulgated the doctrine of transubstantiation, and clarified church doctrine on the Trinity and Incarnation
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lateran council

  • noun any of five general councils of the Western Catholic Church that were held in the Lateran Palace
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lateran palace

  • noun a palace that served as the residence of the popes until the 14th century
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lateran treaty

  • noun the agreement signed in the Lateran Palace in 1929 by Italy and the Holy See which recognized the Vatican City as a sovereign and independent papal state
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second lateran council

  • noun the second council of the Western Church in 1139 which put an end to the dogmatic errors of Arnold of Brescia
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third lateran council

  • noun the Lateran Council in 1179 that condemned the heresies of the Albigenses and the Waldenses
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