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Concilium Lateranense IV: Commemorating the Octocentenary of the Fourth
Lateran Council of 1215
Rome, 25-29 November 2015
On Monday 30 November 1215 in the Basilica of St John Lateran, Innocent III
brought the first assembly of the whole Church since the Council of
Chalcedon (451) to a rousing finale by summoning all the delegates to unite
in faith and by issuing Ad Liberandam, an encyclical calling for a crusade
to liberate the Holy Land. This Council, fourth in the Lateran series but
the twelfth ecumenical gathering of the Church in the Western tradition,
included the five patriarchs or their representatives, together with more
than one thousand bishops, abbots and other dignitaries, both ecclesiastical
and secular. At each of the three plenary sessions held on 11, 20 and 30
November respectively, Innocent preached a set-piece sermon whilst, behind
the scenes, delegates debated such major issues as who was more worthy to
lead the Empire and how to contain the Albigensian heresy.
The accounts of eyewitnesses reveal that Innocent’s consecration of Santa
Maria in Trastevere and celebrations for the anniversary of the dedication
of the Vatican Basilica served not only to emphasize the history, majesty
and ritual of the Church but also offered a welcome respite from the
intensive discussions in the Lateran Palace. The Fathers of the Council
promulgated seventy decrees, covering topics as diverse as heresy,
Jewish-Christian relations, pastoral care and Trinitarian theology as well
as ecclesiastical governance. Monks and secular clergy were to be reformed,
the nascent mendicant orders welcomed to the Church and diocesan bishops
instructed to implement far-reaching conciliar decisions across Christendom.
Eight hundred years on, Lateran IV still stands as the high-water mark of
the medieval papacy, its political and ecclesiastical decisions enduring
down to the Council of Trent whilst modern historiography has deemed it the
most significant papal assembly of the Later Middle Ages. In November 2015,
we have a unique opportunity to re-evaluate the role of this Council in the
reform of the universal Church. Taking an inter-disciplinary approach, we
shall investigate how its decisions affected the intellectual, cultural,
social and religious life of the medieval world. We particularly encourage
individual papers from disciplines such as art history, theology, canon law,
crusade studies, literature and from those who work on relations between
Jews and Christians, which we hope will broaden current interpretations of
the events of the Council, their subsequent importance and long-term impact.
Alternatively, three-paper session proposals on a common theme will also be
most welcome.
Papers may be delivered in English, French, German, Italian or Spanish but
must be limited to 30 minutes. Abstracts of no more than 200 words with all
the necessary contact details should be sent no later than 1 November 2014.
Please direct any questions to [log in to unmask]
Peter Clarke
Professor of Ecclesiastical History
History, Humanities
University of Southampton
Avenue Campus
Highfield Road
Southampton SO17 1BJ
UK
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