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The Medieval Church · 1179
The Canons of the Third Lateran Council
The Third Lateran Council
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What it is
Twenty-seven canons requiring a two-thirds majority for papal elections, a free school in every cathedral, and measures against usury, Cathars, and lepers' exclusion from churches.
Why it lasted
The council that made free cathedral schooling a legal obligation, and that first authorised force against heretics in southern France.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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