EMPEROR: Sigismund of Luxembourg, 1410 - 1437
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2025 6:51 am
LOCATION: Constance, Germany
YEARS: 1414 - 1418
POPES: Gregory XII, 1406 - 1415; Martin V, 1417 - 1431
ACTION: Called by Emperor Sigismund and Pope Gregory XII who authorized the country email list convocation as he abdicated the Papacy. The anti-Popes Benedict XIII (Avignon) and John XXIII (Pisa) also agreed to "abdicate" in the interests of unity. The council elevated Martin V to the Chair of Peter to end the confustion of the Western Schism. Pope Martin ratified the council ...except the decrees which proposed conciliarism. In addition to ending the Western Schism, Constance also condemned the heresies of: 1) John Wycliffe, who rejected the Holy sacrifice of the Mass, emphasized scripture as the sole rule of faith, subscribed to Donatism, asserted the Pope is not the head of the Church, and bishops have no authority; and, 2) John Huss, who preached the above after Wycliffe's death.
HERETICS: WYCLIFFE and HUSS.
YEARS: 1414 - 1418
POPES: Gregory XII, 1406 - 1415; Martin V, 1417 - 1431
ACTION: Called by Emperor Sigismund and Pope Gregory XII who authorized the country email list convocation as he abdicated the Papacy. The anti-Popes Benedict XIII (Avignon) and John XXIII (Pisa) also agreed to "abdicate" in the interests of unity. The council elevated Martin V to the Chair of Peter to end the confustion of the Western Schism. Pope Martin ratified the council ...except the decrees which proposed conciliarism. In addition to ending the Western Schism, Constance also condemned the heresies of: 1) John Wycliffe, who rejected the Holy sacrifice of the Mass, emphasized scripture as the sole rule of faith, subscribed to Donatism, asserted the Pope is not the head of the Church, and bishops have no authority; and, 2) John Huss, who preached the above after Wycliffe's death.
HERETICS: WYCLIFFE and HUSS.