First Lateran Council

Pope Calixtus II, "Liber ad honorem Augusti" of Petrus of Ebulo, 1196.

The First Lateran Council (A.D. 1123), convoked by Pope Callistus II immediately after the Concordat of Worms, marks the beginning of the movement towards separation of Church and State. Image above links to Tanner translation of the Council decrees. ISBN recommendation: 0-87840-490-2