Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Lateran Councils A series of five important aecumenical councils held at Rome from the 12th to the 16th centuries in the Lateran Palace and Basilica, which was the residence and cathedral of the pope. They are known as the First (1123 ), the Second (1139 ), the Third (1179 ), the Fourth (1215 ), and … Continue reading “Lateran Councils”

Lateran Council, Third The reign of Alexander III was one of the most laborious pontificates of the Middle Ages. Then, as in 1139, the object was to repair the evils caused by the schism of an antipope. Shortly after returning to Rome (12 March, 1178) and receiving from its inhabitants their oath of fidelity and … Continue reading “Lateran Council, Third”

Lateran Council, Second The death of Pope Honorius II (February, 1130) was followed by a schism. Petrus Leonis (Pierleoni), under the name of Anacletus II, for a long time held in check the legitimate pope, Innocent II, who was supported by St. Bernard and St. Norbert. In 1135 Innocent II celebrated a Council at Pisa, … Continue reading “Lateran Council, Second”

Lateran Council, Fourth From the commencement of his reign Innocent III had purposed to assemble an ecumenical council, but only towards the end of his pontificate could he realize this project, by the Bull of 19 April, 1213. The assembly was to take place in November, 1215. The council did in fact meet on 11 … Continue reading “Lateran Council, Fourth”

Lateran Council, First The Council of 1123 is reckoned in the series of ecumenical councils. It had been convoked in December, 1122, immediately after the Concordat of Worms, which agreement between pope and emperor had caused general satisfaction in the Church. It put a stop to the arbitrary conferring of ecclesiastical benefices by laymen, reestablished … Continue reading “Lateran Council, First”

Lateran Council, Fifth When elected pope, Julius II promised under oath that he would soon convoke a general council. Time passed, however, and this promise was not fulfilled. Consequently, certain dissatisfied cardinals, urged, also, by Emperor Maximilian and Louis XII, convoked a council at Pisa and fixed 1 September, 1511, for its opening This event … Continue reading “Lateran Council, Fifth”

Lateran, Church Of St. John the first in dignity of the Roman churches, and situated in the southern extremity of the city, derives its name from its occupying a portion of the site of the splendid palace of Plantius Lateranus, which having been escheated (A.D. 66) in consequence of Lateranus being implicated in the conspiracy … Continue reading “Lateran, Church Of St. John”

Lateran, Christian Museum of Established by Pius IX in 1854, in the Palazzo del Laterano erected by Sixtus V on the part of the site of the ancient Lateran palace destroyed by fire in 1308. In 1843 the “profane” Museum of the Lateran was founded by Gregory XVI, in whose pontificate also was mooted the … Continue reading “Lateran, Christian Museum of”

Latera, Flaminius Annibali de Historian, born at Latera, near Viterbo, 23 November, 1733; died at Viterbo, 27 February, 1813. He received his first education from a priest, Paolo Ferranti, and at the age of sixteen entered the Order of Friars Minor Observants in the Roman Province, taking the habit at the convent of St. Bernardine … Continue reading “Latera, Flaminius Annibali de”

Later denotes “later” or “latter” and is used in 1Ti 4:1, RV, “in later (times),” AV, “in (the) latter (times).” Several mss. have it in Mat 21:31, “the former,” for protos, “the first.” Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words