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nounthe site in Rome containing the church of Rome and the Lateran Palacepart of:
Definition that contains lateran
- lateran the site in Rome containing the church of Rome and the Lateran Palace
- lateran council any of five general councils of the Western Catholic Church that were held in the Lateran Palace
- arnold of brescia Italian theologian who censured the worldly possessions of monks and the temporal power of bishops and was condemned for dogmatic errors by the Second Lateran Council (early 12th century)
- lateran treaty the agreement signed in the Lateran Palace in 1929 by Italy and the Holy See which recognized the Vatican City as a sovereign and independent papal state
- first lateran council the first council of the Western Church held in the Lateran Palace in 1123; focused on church discipline and made plans to recover the Holy Lands from the Muslim `infidels'
- third lateran council the Lateran Council in 1179 that condemned the heresies of the Albigenses and the Waldenses
- fourth lateran council the Lateran Council in 1215 was the most important council of the Middle Ages; issued a creed against Albigensianism, published reformatory decrees, promulgated the doctrine of transubstantiation, and clarified church doctrine on the Trinity and Incarnation