or more, this was to avoid any future schisms. The second canon said that a person could not make an appointment to meet with an antipope because it was against the rules. It is very uncertain what the tradition was of these canons were and are still being examined today. Cr2 was the first company to have printed an edition of collections of canons. This company edited the first manuscript that has been lost. All of the 27 canons of the Third Lateran Council were in the beginning of this manuscript. These canons that the Third Lateran Council wrote were all apart of Alexander IIIs plan to eliminate the division between all of the Christian churches and finally restore the power back into the Church of Rome. (Somerville 1977)Alexander III did many things but justifying Thomas Beckets murder was one of his best feats as a pope. Early on in this confusing story with Thomas Becket, Alexander was very much unliked because of his actions when Becket was in exile from Henry II. Alexander s reputation was bashed because he kept the papal government running with great ambition. Alexander, as head of the church, had to do what any other good pope would have done in a time of crisis like this, he considered his situation but mainly the churches reputation. During all these hard times Alexander had to flee Rome because of the emperor of Rome at the time, Frederick Barbarossa or Frederick I. Before this feud between Fredrick I and Alexander III started, Frederick wanted the same thing for the church as Alexander did. Frederick wanted to stop the schism just like Alexander, but Alexander refused to go to the Council of Pavia in the year 1160. After this Frederick despised Alexander, so with the help of Victor IV, Frederick wanted to destroy the unity in the Church of Rome. He thought the best way to do that was to eliminate his rival Alexander III. Alexander finally made it back from his exile in 1165 because Rome finally calmed down ...
