Innocent III's council defines transubstantiation, requires annual confession and Easter communion, and legislates for the medieval church at its most confident.
Tagged: Councils Catholic Christian
The Event
- Date
- 1215 (exact)
- Era
- Medieval; Standard ecumenical periodization
- Location
- Rome
- Traditions
- Christianity
- Streams
- Catholic
- Key figures
- Innocent III
- Key texts
- Lateran IV canons
Doctrines in Play
Primary Sources
- Canons of the Fourth Lateran Council
Secondary Sources
- MacCulloch, A History of Christianity (Allen Lane, 2009)
Provenance: HIST-0026; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-26.
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