Third Plenary Council of Baltimore

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The Third Plenary Council of Baltimore was an 1884 assembly of U.S. Catholic bishops that standardized Catholic education and discipline in the United States, including mandating parochial schools and producing the Baltimore Catechism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic ecclesiastical council
event in church history
plenary council
aim standardize Catholic education in the United States
standardize ecclesiastical discipline in the United States
alsoKnownAs Third Baltimore Plenary Council
approvedBy Holy See
Pope Leo XIII
canonicalStatus particular council with binding decrees for U.S. dioceses
convenedBy Pope Leo XIII
country United States
denomination Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
established disciplinary decrees for U.S. dioceses
uniform norms for Catholic schools in the United States
follows First Plenary Council of Baltimore
Second Plenary Council of Baltimore
hasEffect greater separation of Catholic children from public schools
widespread use of the Baltimore Catechism in U.S. Catholic schools
historicalPeriod post-Civil War United States
influenced American Catholic identity
Catholic catechesis in the United States
development of the U.S. parochial school system
jurisdiction Latin-rite dioceses in the United States
language English
Latin
location Baltimore, Maryland
mainSubject Catholic education in the United States
church discipline in the United States
mandated Catholic education for Catholic children
establishment of parochial schools in every parish where possible
notableWork Baltimore Catechism
organizedBy Catholic Church in the United States
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops precursor
participant Archbishop James Gibbons
U.S. Catholic bishops
president James Gibbons
produced Baltimore Catechism
regionServed United States of America
religion Roman Catholicism
sequenceInSeries third Plenary Council of Baltimore
startTime 1884
temporalContext 19th century
topic catechetical instruction
clerical conduct
parochial schools
relations between Church and state schools
sacramental discipline

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Bishop of Baltimore associatedWithEvent Third Plenary Council of Baltimore
Diocese of Baltimore hostedEvent Third Plenary Council of Baltimore
Second Plenary Council of Baltimore followedBy Third Plenary Council of Baltimore
Third Plenary Council of Baltimore sequenceInSeries third Plenary Council of Baltimore
linked to: Third Plenary Council of Baltimore
Third Plenary Council of Baltimore alsoKnownAs Third Baltimore Plenary Council
linked to: Third Plenary Council of Baltimore
First Plenary Council of Baltimore followedBy Third Plenary Council of Baltimore