Lateran V
When and where
1512 – 1517 in the Lateran Basilica
Crisis or controversy
Needed reform
in church administration;
Rise of atheistic philosophy;
Friction between bishops and orders
of friars.
Attendees
115 bishops,
Convened: Julius II, Pope;
Cajetan;
Ratified: Leo X, Pope.
Decrees and resolutions
Condemned the Averroes philosophy: the
soul of man is
not
immortal;
Promulgated reform decrees;
Established principles of book censorship;
Rights of bishops defined.