Church discipline As pope, Stephen enforced the policies of the Gregorian Reform. He held several synods in Rome from August to November 1057, focusing most vigorously on the importance of clerical celibacy. He held a synod at the Lateran Basilica in which he remarked that the Eastern Church tradition allowed priests, deacons, and subdeacons to marry, but the Western Church did not.Jaffé, p. 554.
Church discipline As pope Stephen enforced the policies of the Gregorian Reform He held several synods in Rome from August to November 1057 focusing most vigorously on the importance of clerical celibacy He held a synod at the Lateran Basilica in which he remarked that the Eastern Church tradition allowed priests deacons and subdeacons to marry but the Western Church did notJaffé p 554