Third Lateran Council

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Noun1.Third Lateran Council - the Lateran Council in 1179 that condemned the heresies of the Albigenses and the Waldenses
Lateran Council - any of five general councils of the Western Catholic Church that were held in the Lateran Palace
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(3.) While the Third Lateran Council of 1179 had emphasized the care of souls, the matter of preaching itself was not discussed directly in the canons.
The preacher of the Fourth Lateran Council
Notwithstanding its popular manner--thin annotation and barely a historio-graphical glance--and the odd slip (Third Lateran Council for the Fourth), this is an important book, which is at once capacious, sympathetic, and fun (70).
Chivalry in Medieval England
Wilkes' work contains a little of everything: from admitting wrongdoing in ancient times; to establishing and reestablishing one's relationship with God in the Old Testament; to early Christian notions of repentance; to the Third Lateran Council (12th century), which regularized the sacrament of confession; to contemporary adulterous politicians who tell all, apologize profusely, but aren't really sorry; to therapeutic discussions of one's interior life; to "praying backward" as a way to understand oneself while connecting with the Divine.
Just in time for lent: rediscovering confession
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