RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1686
year: 1213
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Bishops, clergy and laity throughout Christendom
text: Apr. 19. Lateran. In the general letter, Vineam Domini Sabaoth, Pope Innocent III addresses the bishops, clergy and laity throughout Christendom, including the archbishops, bishops, abbots and priors in Cyprus and [Cilician] Armenia, the episcopus Maronitanensis, the king of Cyprus and the magistri and brothers of the Knights Templar and the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem. He appeals for the recovery of the Holy Land and the reform of Church. He convokes a general council, to be held on 1 November 1215. In the meantime he will be calling on individuals in each province to enquire into what is needed to further the needs of the Holy Land.
Apr. 19. Lateran. In the general letter, Vineam Domini Sabaoth, Pope Innocent III addresses the bishops, clergy and laity throughout Christendom, including the archbishops, bishops, abbots and priors in Cyprus and [Cilician] Armenia, the episcopus Maronitanensis, the king of Cyprus and the magistri... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:171-4, no. b-40; Innocent III, ‘Register’ 216:823-7, no. 30
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1688
year: 1213
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Patriarch Albert of Jerusalem
text: After Apr. 26. Pope Innocent III informs Patriarch Albert of Jerusalem that he has written to al-‘Adil. He asks the patriarch to provide encouragement to King John of Jerusalem, the Hospitallers of St John and the Knights Templar in their defence of the Holy Land. He invites the patriarch to attend the Fourth Lateran Council.
After Apr. 26. Pope Innocent III informs Patriarch Albert of Jerusalem that he has written to al-‘Adil. He asks the patriarch to provide encouragement to King John of Jerusalem, the Hospitallers of St John and the Knights Templar in their defence of the Holy Land. He invites the patriarch to attend... more
sources: Innocent III, ‘Register’ 216:830-1, no. 36