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Yes. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it "summoned by pope innocent iii with his bull of april 19". Today it says "convoked by pope innocent iii in april 1213 and opened at the lateran palace in rome on 11 november 1215". We saved the article's opening paragraph at 6 moments between 2005 and 2025, and the counts come from those saved copies.

The opening as it read in 2005

Fourth Council of the Lateran was summoned by Pope Innocent III with his Bull of April 19 , 1213 .¹ The assembly took place in November, 1215 .² It was the 12th ecumenical council and is sometimes called "the General Council of Lateran" due to the attendance by seventy-one patriarchs and metropolitans, four hundred and twelve bishops , and nine hundred abbots and priors.³ Innocent III stated his purposes as the defence of the Catholic faith, for the aid to the Crusader States in Palestine , and to establish the liberty of the Church from lay investiture and other lay interference. The pope presented to the council seventy decrees; these were considered along with measures against heretics , and the organisation of the Fifth Crusade . The council did little more than rubber-stamp the decrees presented to them. The decrees included: Exposition of the faith and of the dogma of transubstantiation Procedure and penalties against heretics and their protectors Proclamation of the papal primacy - After the pope, primacy is attributed to the patriarchial sees in the following order: Constantinople (at this time there was a Latin Patriarch ) Alexandria Antioch Jerusalem Rules on the conduct of the clergy including against irregularities: incontinence drunkenness hunting attendance at farces and histrionic exhibitions performing of surgical operations conducting trials by ordeal or combat the Omnis utriusque sexus (also called the Easter Duty), which commands every Christian who has reached the years of discretion to confess all their sins at least once a year to their priest Jews and Muslims shall wear a special dress to enable them to be distinguished from Christians. The council also confirmed the elevation of Frederick II to the position of Holy Roman Emperor.⁴

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The opening as it stood in 2010 6 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear

The Fourth Council of the Lateran was convoked by Pope Innocent III with the papal bull of April 19, 1213, and the Council gathered in November of 1215 . Due to the great length of time between the Council's convocation and meeting, a great many bishops had the opportunity to attend. It was the 12th ecumenical council and is sometimes called "the General Council of Lateran" due to the presence of seventy-one patriarchs and metropolitan bishops , four hundred and twelve bishops , and nine hundred abbots and priors together with representatives of several monarchs .

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The opening as it stood in 2015

The Fourth Council of the Lateran was convoked by Pope Innocent III with the papal bull of April 19, 1213, and the Council gathered at Rome's Lateran Palace beginning November 11, 1215. Due to the great length of time between the Council's convocation and meeting, many bishops had the opportunity to attend. It was the 12th ecumenical council and is sometimes called the "Great Council" or "General Council of Lateran" due to the presence of seventy-one patriarchs and metropolitan bishops , four hundred and twelve bishops , and nine hundred abbots and priors together with representatives of several monarchs . One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Herbermann, Charles, ed.

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The opening as it stood in 2020

The Fourth Council of the Lateran was convoked by Pope Innocent III with the papal bull Vineam domini Sabaoth of 19 April 1213, and the Council gathered at Rome's Lateran Palace beginning 11 November 1215. Due to the great length of time between the Council's convocation and meeting, many bishops had the opportunity to attend. It is considered by the Catholic Church to have been the twelfth ecumenical council and is sometimes called the "Great Council" or "General Council of Lateran" due to the presence of 71 patriarchs and metropolitan bishops , 412 bishops , 900 abbots and priors together with representatives of several monarchs . During this council, the teaching on transubstantiation —a doctrine of the Catholic Church which describes the method by which the bread and wine offered in the sacrament of the Eucharist becomes the actual blood and body of Christ—was defined. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Herbermann, Charles, ed.

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1213 encumenical council convoked by Pope Innocent III The Fourth Council of the Lateran or Lateran IV was convoked by Pope Innocent III in April 1213 and opened at the Lateran Palace in Rome on 11 November 1215. Due to the great length of time between the council's convocation and its meeting, many bishops had the opportunity to attend this council, which is considered by the Roman Catholic Church to be the twelfth ecumenical council . The council addressed a number of issues, including the sacraments, the role of the laity, the treatment of heretics, and the organization of the church.

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The opening as it stood in 2025

1213 encumenical council The Fourth Council of the Lateran or Lateran IV was convoked by Pope Innocent III in April 1213 and opened at the Lateran Palace in Rome on 11 November 1215. Due to the great length of time between the council's convocation and its meeting, many bishops had the opportunity to attend this council, which is considered by the Catholic Church to be the twelfth ecumenical council . The council addressed a number of issues, including the sacraments , the role of the laity , the treatment of Jews and heretics , and the organization of the church . The decree mandating annual confession has been called "pehaps the most important legislative act in the history of the church." In the case of Jews and Muslims , this included compelling them to wear distinctive badges to prevent social contact "through error". The council is viewed by medievalists as both opening up many reforms, and as formalising and enforcing intolerance in European society, both to heretics and Jews, and thus playing a role in the development of systemic European antisemitism .

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