Lateran IV

The Fourth Lateran Council (1215), the most significant of the medieval Lateran councils convened under Pope Innocent III. It issued decrees on doctrine, church reform, and relations with non-Christians, including rulings that excluded Muslims and Jews from public office and functioned in part as legislation against Muslim enemies.

Claims that use this term

• Lateran IV justified excluding Muslims and Jews from office by calling them blasphemers
• Lateran IV functioned as economic warfare legislation against Muslim enemies