LATERAN COUNCILS
\lˈatəɹən kˈa͡ʊnsə͡lz], \lˈatəɹən kˈaʊnsəlz], \l_ˈa_t_ə_ɹ_ə_n k_ˈaʊ_n_s_əl_z]\
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A term especially used of five C. held in the Church of St. John Lateran, at Rome; the last (1215), under Innocent III., established the Roman doctrine of the Eucharist, using the word "transubstantiation." But L. C., with Dr. Hook and others, = "all the Councils of the Roman Church."
By Henry Percy Smith