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from A Catholic Dictionary, edited by Donald Attwater, Second edition, revised 1957The Great Schism, otherwise know as the Schism of the West was not strictly a schism at all but a conflict between the two parties within the Church each claiming to support the true pope. Three months after the election of Urban VI, in 1378, the fifteen electing cardinals declared that they had appointed him only as a temporary vicar and that in any case the election was invalid as made under fear of violence from the Roman mob. Urban retorted by naming twenty-eight new cardinals, and the others at once proceeded to elect Cardinal Robert of Geneva as Pope Clement VII, who went to reside at Avignon. The quarrel was in its origin not a theological or religious one, but was caused by the ambition and jealousy of French influence, which was supported to some extent for political reasons by Spain, Naples, Provence, and Scotland; England, Germany, Scandinavia, Wales, Ireland, Portugal, Flanders and Hungary stood by what they believe to be the true pope at Rome. The Church was torn from top to bottom by the schism, both sides in good faith (it was impossible to know to whom allegiance was due), which lasted with its two lines of popes (and at one time three) till the election of Martin V in 1417. It is now regarded as practically certain that the Urbanist popes were the true ones and their names are included in semi-official lists; moreover, the ordinal numbers of the Clementine claimants (who, however, are not called anti-popes,) were adopted by subsequent popes of the same name.
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Modern Catholic Dictionary by John A. Hardon, S.J. Doubleday & Co., Inc. Garden City, NY 1980
The Great Schism, otherwise known as the Western Schism, 1378-1417, when there was controversy over the true succession to the papacy. It began with the writings of Marsilius of Padua c. 1275- 1342), who claimed that a pope is subject to a council of bishops, priests, and laymen. Urban VI was elected Pope on April 8, 1378, following the seventy-year Avignon residence of the papacy. He was a stern reformer and also harsh. The French cardinals in retaliation declared that Urban had not been validly elected and proceeded to elect Robert of Geneva as the antipope Clement VII (1378-94). Clement withdrew to Avignon and the Great Schism was in full swing. France, Scotland, and Spain gave their allegiance to Clement; England, Italy, Flanders, Hungary, Poland, and most of Germany followed Urban, who died in 1389. There followed a succession of lawful popes at Rome and antipopes at Avignon. The universities of Paris, Oxford, and Prague disputed how the impasse should be resolved. Finally pope and antipope were invited to a council at Pisa (1409); both decline and were declared deposed by the council, which proceeded to elect yet another antipope, Alexander V (1409-10). In desperation, Emperor Sigismund of Germany appealed to the antipope John XXIII of Pisa, to call a general council at Constance, a German city on the Rhine. John agreed, and the council, later legitimized, was convened in 1414. It lasted four years and finally resolved the schism. The Pisan antipope John XXIII abdicated. Gregory XII, the true Roman Pontiff, having formally convoked the Council of Constance, sent his representatives, and then, for the good of the Church, freely resigned his office. The claim of Benedict XIII of Avignon was no longer worthy of serious consideration. The chair of Peter, vacant at last was filled by the election, November 11, 1417, of Pope Martin V. The Great Schism was ended.
In 1059, Pope Nicholas II (1059-1061) decreed that a council of high church officials and advisors known as the College of Cardinals (Curia) would choose new Popes. This practice has continued to this day.
In 1309 the papacy moved to Avignon, France. The French began to have a substantial influence in the College of Cardinals.
In 1377, Pope Gregory XI (r. 1370-1378) moved the papacy from Avignon, France (where it had been located for 68 years) back to Rome.
In 1378, Pope Gregory XI died. The College of Cardinals in Rome elected an Italian archbishop as Pope. This was Pope Urban VI (r. 1378-1389).
Immediately upon being elected, Pope Urban VI announced that he was going to reform the College of Cardinals. Most of them were French and they were very unhappy with this plan. Thirteen of these Cardinals formed their own conclave and elected a second Pope. This was Pope Clement VII who was a false Pope and was the cousin of the French king. There were now supposedly "two Popes," but in reality Pope Urban VI was still the real Pope and Pope Clement VII was an imposter. This is called the "Great Schism."
Strictly speaking this is not true. at some time in the blurred historical past- probably before the council of Trent, there was a Western Schism ( different from that of the Eastern Orthodox)- There was what was called the Babylonian Captivity of the Popes. Actually there were two independent Popes- for Rome and Avignon. The Brothers in the Sunday school like to gloss over this period but those who do discuss it see it as an excess of a worked-up French Nationalism called, logically Gallicanism. ( within my lifetime, recall the Lefevbre crisis- He being a French Prelate essentially opposed to Vatican II. France is a major Catholic Power- but somewhat independent and at times, schism-oriented. The term Babylonian captivity of the Popes referred to the Bishop or Archbishop of Babylon ( In France, not the Middle East!) About the only positive feed-back was the still popular folk song about the Bridge of Avignon where everybody was dancing.( except, one presumes the Clergy!
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Catholic AnswerAs noted above, the Church never had three popes, they had three claimants to the papal tiara. It was a result of nationalism and the sin of individuals and countries, for a more complete explanation, see the extract below..
from Catholic Dictionary, edited by Donald Attwater, Second edition, revised 1957
The Great Schism, otherwise know as the Schism of the West was not strictly a schism at all but a conflict between the two parties within the Church each claiming to support the true pope. Three months after the election of Urban VI, in 1378, the fifteen electing cardinals declared that they had appointed him only as a temporary vicar and that in any case the election was invalid as made under fear of violence from the Roman mob. Urban retorted by naming twenty-eight new cardinals, and the others at once proceeded to elect Cardinal Robert of Geneva as Pope Clement VII, who went to reside at Avignon. The quarrel was in its origin not a theological or religious one, but was caused by the ambition and jealousy of French influence, which was supported to some extent for political reasons by Spain, Naples, Provence, and Scotland; England, Germany, Scandinavia, Wales, Ireland, Portugal, Flanders and Hungary stood by what they believe to be the true pope at Rome. The Church was torn from top to bottom by the schism, both sides in good faith (it was impossible to know to whom allegiance was due), which lasted with its two lines of popes (and at one time three) till the election of Martin V in 1417. It is now regarded as practically certain that the Urbanist popes were the true ones and their names are included in semi-official lists; moreover, the ordinal numbers of the Clementine claimants (who, however, are not called anti-popes,) were adopted by subsequent popes of the same name.
There is only 1 Pope at any given time . . . . .
There was only one legitimate pope in 1414 - Pope Gregory XII
There was only one pope. The other two were anti-popes.
We know of no church with three popes. No such animal.
As of 2014, it was 1414 years ago. CE is the same as AD.
Raymond David has written: 'The Lives of the Eighth-Century Popes (Liber Pontificalis): The Ancient Biographies of Nine Popes from AD 715 to AD 817 (Translated Texts for Historians, Volume 13.)'
There were no popes before Christ instituted the Church in 33 AD.
1414 thousandths in decimal = 1.4141414 thousandths = 1414/1000 = 1.414
In the early centuries of the Church there were three popes from northern Africa but nothing is known of their races. All other popes have been caucasian.
There have been over 70 popes canonized as saints, not just three.
1414 meters=0.878618866 miles
The name common to three Scottish kings, eight popes, and three tsars of Russia is Alexander.
This is NOT possible.
if you're talking about the sultans of delhi sultanate,i do have an answer.you must be knowing about Muhammad ghori who came to India in ad 1175 and defeated prithvi raj chauhan in the second battle of tarain.he conquered a part of India and after his death his general - qutub ud din aibak succed him and started the delhi sultanate in ad 1206.the rule went on with different dynasties- slave dynasty(ad 1206-1290) khalji dynasty(ad 1290-1320) tughluq dynasty (ad 1320-1414) sayyid dynasty (ad 1414-1451) lodi dynasty (ad 1451-1526) their rule ended with the last king of the sultanate -ibrarahim lodi who was defeated by babur in ad 1526 during the first battle of panipat which led to the beginning of mughal rule in India.
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