# Pope Innocent III — Leviathan character guide

> Pope Innocent III in Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Innocent

**First appearance:** 0003-part-i-of-man

## Who they are

Powerful medieval pope who asserted papal supremacy over secular rulers.

## In the story

### [Of Power Ecclesiastical](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leviathan_se/chapters/xlii-of-power-ecclesiastical)

Cited as the pope under whom the Fourth Council of Lateran decreed that subjects could be absolved of obedience to a king who failed to purge heretics.

### [Of Spiritual Darkness, from Misinterpretation of Scripture](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leviathan_se/chapters/xliv-of-spiritual-darkness-from-misinterpretation-of-scripture)

Cited for the doctrine of the Fourth Council of Lateran that subjects may be absolved of obedience to a king who does not purge heresies.

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