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1215
Anno Domini

Ecumenical Council

Fourth Lateran Council

November 1215 Rome (Lateran Basilica) Convoked by: Pope Innocent III 1,285 bishops 70 canons
Ecumenical Council — Universally Recognised
70Canons
Section I

The Crisis that summoned Fourth Lateran Council

The apologetic argument: Defined transubstantiation as the theological term for the Eucharistic change. Required annual Confession and Communion. Defined the limits of ecclesiastical authority. The most comprehensive legislative council of the medieval Church.
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