Pope Innocent III, the Fourth Lateran Council, and Frankish Greece and Cyprus
Although the union between the Latin and Greek Churches was one of Pope Innocent III's career-long ambitions, the limited provisions made by the canons of the Fourth Lateran Council regarding the eastern Churches have led most historians to assume that by the end of his pontificate this matter...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2016]
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The journal of ecclesiastical history
Year: 2016, Volume: 67, Issue: 4, Pages: 741-759 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Laterankonzil 4. (1215 : Rom)
/ Innozenz, III., Pope 1160-1216
/ Greece
/ Cyprus
/ Catholic church
/ Orthodox Church
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages KBK Europe (East) KBL Near East and North Africa KCB Papacy KDB Roman Catholic Church KDF Orthodox Church RB Church office; congregation |
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| Summary: | Although the union between the Latin and Greek Churches was one of Pope Innocent III's career-long ambitions, the limited provisions made by the canons of the Fourth Lateran Council regarding the eastern Churches have led most historians to assume that by the end of his pontificate this matter had been relegated to one of secondary importance and was treated only as an afterthought during the council. By collecting and re-examining the surviving sources, this article shows that considerable time and energy was in fact spent during the council in regulating the affairs of the Churches of former Byzantine lands. The ensuing decisions and legislation formed the basis of the organisation of the Church in much of the Greco-Latin East for at least another three centuries. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-7637 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of ecclesiastical history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0022046915003462 |