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# The First Council Of The Lateran ( 1123 ) followed and confirmed the Concordat Of Worms .
# The Second Council Of The Lateran ( 1139 ) declared clerical marriages invalid, regulated clerical dress, and punished attacks on clerics by Excommunication .
# The Third Council Of The Lateran ( 1179 ) limited papal electees to the cardinals alone, condemned Simony , forbade the promotion of anyone to the Episcopate before the age of thirty.
# The Fourth Council Of The Lateran ( 1215 ) dealt with Transubstantiation , papal primacy and conduct of clergy. It said Jew s and Muslim s should wear a special dress to enable them to be distinguished from Christian s.
# The Fifth Council Of The Lateran ( 15121517 ) attempted reform of the Church.


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