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Ecumenical Council

Council of Lateran II

April 1139 Rome (Lateran Basilica) Convoked by: Pope Innocent II 500 bishops 30 canons
Ecumenical Council — Universally Recognised
30Canons
Section I

The Crisis that summoned Council of Lateran II

The apologetic argument: Ended the schism of Antipope Anacletus II. Condemned the errors of Peter of Bruys and Arnold of Brescia. Required clerical celibacy as a matter of law, not merely discipline, by declaring clerical marriages not just illicit but invalid.
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