Council of Ruisi-Urbnisi

Council of Ruisi-Urbnisi (Georgian: რუის-ურბნისის საეკლესიო კრება) was a synod convened at Ruisi and Urbnisi by the Georgian monarch David IV in 1103, that limited the church’s authority, expelled rebellious clergy, and expanded the royal administration into the clerical sphere.

In 1089, David IV became the King of Georgia and began to actively reform the country.

In 1103 he convened the "Ruis-Urbnisi Church Council" at which he purged the clerical hierarchy of his opponents.

For the following centuries, the Church would remain a crucial feudal institution, whose economical and political power would always be at least equal to that of the main noble families.

It's believed that the author of the "Code" is Arsen Iqaltoeli, the translator of the "Great Nomocanon".