1179
Lateran Council, 3rd
If any candidate should declare himself pope without receiving the required majority, he and his supporters were to be excommunicated
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If any candidate should declare himself pope without receiving the required majority, he and his supporters were to be excommunicated
In order to prevent the possibility of future schisms, only cardinals were to possess the right to elect a pope. In addition a two-thirds majority was to be required in order for the election to be valid.
Removes the remains of the recent schism, the Council condemned the Cathar heresies and pushed for the restoration of ecclesiastical discipline. It also became the first general Council of the Church to legislate against sodomy.
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