Third Lateran Council
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The Third Lateran Council was a 12th-century ecumenical council of the Catholic Church that, among other reforms, condemned simony, regulated papal elections, and addressed issues arising from the papal schism of the time.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Third Lateran Council canonical | 13 |
| Council of Lateran (Third Lateran Council, 1179) | 1 |
| Third Lateran Council, 1179 | 1 |
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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4123897 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Third Lateran Council Context triple: [Fourth Lateran Council, precededBy, Third Lateran Council]
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Fourth Lateran Council
The Fourth Lateran Council was a landmark 13th-century ecumenical council of the Catholic Church that enacted wide-ranging reforms in doctrine, church discipline, and Christian society, including defining transubstantiation and regulating clerical and lay life.
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Fifth Lateran Council
The Fifth Lateran Council was the 18th ecumenical council of the Catholic Church, convened in Rome (1512–1517) to address church reform, condemn certain philosophical doctrines, and respond to emerging challenges on the eve of the Protestant Reformation.
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First Council of the Lateran
The First Council of the Lateran was a 12th-century ecumenical council of the Catholic Church convened by Pope Callixtus II that confirmed the Concordat of Worms and addressed church reform and clerical discipline.
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Second Vatican Council
The Second Vatican Council was a major 20th-century ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church that introduced significant reforms in liturgy, church governance, and the Church’s engagement with the modern world.
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First Vatican Council
The First Vatican Council was a 19th-century ecumenical council of the Catholic Church best known for defining the doctrine of papal infallibility and addressing issues of faith in the modern era.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Third Lateran Council Target entity description: The Third Lateran Council was a 12th-century ecumenical council of the Catholic Church that, among other reforms, condemned simony, regulated papal elections, and addressed issues arising from the papal schism of the time.
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A.
Fourth Lateran Council
The Fourth Lateran Council was a landmark 13th-century ecumenical council of the Catholic Church that enacted wide-ranging reforms in doctrine, church discipline, and Christian society, including defining transubstantiation and regulating clerical and lay life.
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B.
Fifth Lateran Council
The Fifth Lateran Council was the 18th ecumenical council of the Catholic Church, convened in Rome (1512–1517) to address church reform, condemn certain philosophical doctrines, and respond to emerging challenges on the eve of the Protestant Reformation.
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C.
First Council of the Lateran
The First Council of the Lateran was a 12th-century ecumenical council of the Catholic Church convened by Pope Callixtus II that confirmed the Concordat of Worms and addressed church reform and clerical discipline.
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Second Vatican Council
The Second Vatican Council was a major 20th-century ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church that introduced significant reforms in liturgy, church governance, and the Church’s engagement with the modern world.
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First Vatican Council
The First Vatican Council was a 19th-century ecumenical council of the Catholic Church best known for defining the doctrine of papal infallibility and addressing issues of faith in the modern era.
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Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
12th-century event
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Catholic Church council ⓘ Lateran Council ⓘ ecumenical council ⓘ |
| addressedIssue |
clerical morality
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episcopal elections ⓘ heresy ⓘ papal elections ⓘ papal schism of 1159–1178 ⓘ simony ⓘ usury ⓘ violence against clergy and pilgrims ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Eleventh Ecumenical Council ⓘ |
| approvedBy | Pope Alexander III ⓘ |
| attendedBy |
abbots
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bishops ⓘ priests ⓘ representatives of secular rulers ⓘ |
| century | 12th century ⓘ |
| condemned |
Albigensian heresy
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Waldensian movement ⓘ
linked to:
Waldensian churches
antipopes of the schism ⓘ simony ⓘ |
| convenedBy | Pope Alexander III ⓘ |
| ecumenicalCouncilNumber | 11 ⓘ |
| endDate | 1179-03-19 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Fourth Lateran Council ⓘ |
| heldAt |
Lateran Palace
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linked to:
Lateran complex
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| heldInCity | Rome ⓘ |
| heldInCountry | Papal States ⓘ |
| historicalContext | conflict between papacy and Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Latin ⓘ |
| mainPurpose | end the papal schism involving Alexander III and antipopes ⓘ |
| numberOfCanonsIssued | 27 ⓘ |
| numberOfSessions | 3 ⓘ |
| partOf |
history of the Catholic Church
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series of Lateran Councils ⓘ |
| precededBy | Second Lateran Council ⓘ |
| producedDocumentType | canons ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
Roman Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
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| reformMeasure |
excommunicated those who attacked clerics or pilgrims
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forbade clergy from engaging in usury ⓘ forbade clergy from receiving benefices through simony ⓘ forbade ordination of illegitimate sons without dispensation ⓘ forbade tournaments causing death or serious injury ⓘ imposed age requirements for bishops and abbots ⓘ regulated cathedral chapters in episcopal elections ⓘ regulated the number of benefices a cleric could hold ⓘ required two-thirds majority of the cardinals for valid papal election ⓘ restricted participation in papal elections to the College of Cardinals ⓘ |
| regulated |
episcopal elections
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papal elections ⓘ |
| startDate | 1179-03-05 ⓘ |
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Referenced by (15)
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