Fifth Lateran Council

To neutralize the risk that these philosophical positions would lead to heterodox beliefs, a decree of the Fifth Lateran Council (Apostolici regiminis, 1513) had made the immortality of the soul a dogma of the Church and had commanded all university professors of philosophy, when lecturing on doctrines that deviated from it, to make every effort to teach the truth of the Christian religion and to refute any philosophical arguments that challenged it.

Pietro Pomponazzi Perfetti, Stefano 2004

Reacting quickly to this, the Fifth Lateran Council of 1513 revived the traditional oath of the Parisian masters of arts; it declared that all discussions of philosophical positions opposed to faith had to include both a defense of revelation and a reasoned argument against heterodox notions.

DOUBLE TRUTH MARTIN PINE 1968

In vain did he summon all upholders of the ordinance to appear before the Fifth Lateran Council.

The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) Henry Martyn Baird

Italy, and perhaps the only representative of all America to assist at the Fifth Lateran Council.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

Zaccaria Mori (1510), present at the Fifth Lateran Council; Ottaviano

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

Giberti was chosen a member of the Reform Committee decreed by the Fifth Lateran Council, but political events soon put an end to these labours.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

Both Carvajal and his colleagues were excommunicated by Julius II, and deposed from their offices, which act of the pope was confirmed by the Fifth Lateran Council (1512).

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

At the Fifth Lateran Council in 1515 they were honoured with the title of papal Legatus natus.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

Although his interest in Church reform was only occasional, he summoned the Fifth Lateran Council (1512–17), in which one serious set of proposals condemned the Renaissance popes for their absorption in politics and bureaucracy; and recommended reform of the Roman Curia; translation of the Bible into the vernacular for the laity; centralization of several religious orders (such as the Benedictines, for whom each house was and still is autonomous); the restriction of admission to holy orders to educated and morally suitable candidates; a thorough revision of the Code of Canon Law; and the dispatch of missions to the recently “discovered” continents of America.

2. The Papacy 2001

The Fifth Lateran Council sat from 1512 to 1517 under Popes Julius II and Leo X, the emperor being Maximilian I.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913