User:Kansas Bear/Council of Vienne
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The Council of Vienne was the fifteenth ecumenical council of the Catholic Church that met between 1311 and 1312 in Vienne, France. One of its principal acts was to withdraw papal support for the Knights Templar at the instigation of Philip IV of France. The council unable to decide on a course of action, tabled the discussion. In March 1312 Philip arrived and pressured the council and Clement to act. Clement passed papal bulls, dissolving the Templar Order, confiscating their lands, and labeling them heretics.
Church reform was represented by the decision over the Franciscans, allowing abbots to decide how to interpret their Rule. The Beguines and Beghards of Germany were condemned as heretics, while the council forbid marriage, concubinage, rape, fornication, adultery, and incest.
The council addressed the possibility of a crusade, hearing from James II of Aragon and Henry II of Cyprus, and finally deciding to assign Philip of France as its leader. It was through Philip's influence that Clement finally canonised Peter di Marrone, taking care not to use his papal title Celestine V. The final decision by the council was the establishment of university chairs for Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic and Arabic languages.