Views During the Third Period (750-1517 A.D.) (22): The Supremacy of the Pope: Innocent and the Papacy (1198-1216 A.D.)

The Fourth Lateran Council, 1215 The Fourth Lateran Council, 1215 The Fourth Lateran, otherwise known as the Twelfth Ecumenical Council, was the closing act of Innocent's pontificate, and marks the zenith of the papal theocracy. In his letter of convocation, the pope announced its object to be the reconquest of Palestine and the betterment of the Church. The cotincil was held in the Lateran and had three sittings, NOV. 11, 20, 30, 1215. It was the most largely attended of the synods held up...