First Lateran Council

However, strict enforcement of this discipline was not firmly established until the reforms of Pope Gregory VII and even after, lapses of the rule were not unknown and such marriages were held not only unlawful but also invalid by the First Lateran Council in 1123.

Archive 2007-06-01 Fr Timothy Matkin 2007

However, strict enforcement of this discipline was not firmly established until the reforms of Pope Gregory VII and even after, lapses of the rule were not unknown and such marriages were held not only unlawful but also invalid by the First Lateran Council in 1123.

The Eucharist and the Future Fr Timothy Matkin 2007

Damian, himself a monk and hermit, and Humbert, condemned as sinful all clergy who took money (si - mony) or lived in concubinage; they demanded a return to apostolic purity and the refusal of spiritual ministra - tions from priests who did not live virtuously — later decreed by the First Lateran Council in 1139.

HERESY IN THE MIDDLE AGES GORDON LEFF 1968

Reims in 1119, at the First Lateran Council in 1123, and probably also at the Lateran Synod of 1116.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

The First Lateran Council, the first held at Rome, met under Pope

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

Emperor Henry V, confirmed by the First Lateran Council, terminated the long investiture quarrel.

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

To secure the confirmation of this Concordat of Worms, Calistus II convoked the First Lateran Council (18 March, 1123).

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

By the time of the First Lateran Council, the priest's wife had become a symbol of wantonness and defilement.

NYT > Home Page By SARA RITCHEY 2012

Nonetheless, the Roman Catholic Church is prepared to house married priests in numbers perhaps not seen since the years before 1123, when the First Lateran Council adopted canon 21, prohibiting clerical marriage.

NYT > Home Page By SARA RITCHEY 2012

It is believed to be the first time that a father and son have both served as priests since the First Lateran Council in 1123 which formalised the requirement for priests to be celibate.

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