Lateran Council

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The Lateran Councils (also Lateran Synods ) are the five medieval councils of the Catholic Church that took place in the Lateran in Rome between 1123 and 1517 . In the count of the Roman Catholic Church they are counted as ecumenical councils , although the ecumenicity of most of the Lateran Synods is disputed, since practically only the Western Church was represented. Between the Fourth and Fifth Lateran Councils there are five more Ecumenical Councils that took place in other places.

Overview

The following overview characterizes the councils only by their respective main effects. In the background there is still a large part of everyday business :

Further synods in the Lateran

In the Lateran, the episcopal church of the popes, other synods took place in addition to the five above-mentioned councils, but these are not regarded as ecumenical councils:

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