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Fourth Lateran Council - Rich Tatum
(1215) Under Pope Innocent III’s leadership, this council provided for the state’s punishment of heretics, the confiscation of their property, excommunication for those unwilling to move against the heretic, and complete forgiveness of sins for those cooperating. [tags]BlogRodent, church-history, ChurchRodent, Fourth-Lateran-Council, history, Innocent-III[/tags]