The Council of Constance (Latin: Concilium Constantiense; German: Konzil von Konstanz) was an ecumenical council of the Catholic Church that was held...
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Western Schism (redirect from Great Schism of the West)
claimant Antipope John XXIII called the Council of Constance (1414–1418). The Council arranged the renunciation of both Roman pope Gregory XII and Pisan...
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Antipope John XXIII (category Deans of the College of Cardinals)
instigation of Sigismund, King of the Romans, Pope John called the Council of Constance of 1413, which deposed John XXIII and Benedict XIII, accepted Gregory...
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Jan Hus (redirect from Condemnation of Jan Hus)
selling of indulgences. Hus's excommunication was then enforced, and he spent the next two years living in exile. When the Council of Constance assembled...
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The Council of Constance was one of the longest in Church history, meeting in 45 sessions from 4 November 1414 until 22 April 1418. The influx of 15,000...
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Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (redirect from Sigismund of the Holy Roman Empire)
and secured the thrones of Croatia, Germany and Bohemia. Sigismund was one of the driving forces behind the Council of Constance (1414–1418) that ended...
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Paweł Włodkowic (category Year of birth uncertain)
prorector of Cracow Academy. Paweł Włodkowic represented Poland at the 1414 Council of Constance, where he delivered a thesis about the power of the Pope...
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Antipope Benedict XIII (redirect from Peter of Luna)
papacy. Following the Council of Constance Benedict's logic was not widely accepted. An army led by Geoffrey Boucicaut, brother of Jean Boucicaut, occupied...
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sanctioned a decree of the Council of Constance (9 October 1417) obliging the papacy to summon general councils periodically. At the expiration of the first term...
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Hussites (redirect from Four articles of prague)
teachings of reformer Jan Hus (fl. 1401–1415), a part of the Bohemian Reformation. After the execution of Hus at the Council of Constance, a series of crusades...
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