FOURTH LATERAN COUNCIL

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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

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Lateran Council (any of five general councils of the Western Catholic Church that were held in the Lateran Palace)

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