#166 - The Council of Vienne (1311-1312)

In continuation of our series on the 21 Ecumenical Church Councils, Justin Hibbard uncovers one of the most controversial councils - the Council of Vienne (Vienne, France… not Vienna, Austria). How did this council become a puppet of the French Monarch, begin the Avignon Papacy, and result in the unjust dissolution of the Knights Templar?

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SOURCES:

• The Ecumenical Councils of the Catholic Church: A History by Joseph Kelly

• The Council of Vienne - Papal Encyclicals Online

• Second Council of Vienne - New Advent

• Video: General Councils 10: Lyons I and Vienne - Fr Timothy Matkin - St Francis Dallas

• Unam Santam - Pope Boniface VIII

• The Types of Papal Documents and Weight of Each

PREVIOUS EPISODES IN THIS SERIES

• Episode 146: Introduction to the 21 Ecumenical Councils

• Episode 147: The World that Led to the Council of Nicaea

• Episode 148: The First Council of Nicaea (325)

• Episode 149: From Nicaea to Constantinople

• Episode 150: The First Council of Constantinople (381)

• Episode 151: The Council of Ephesus (431)

• Episode 152: The Council of Chalcedon (451)

• Episode 153: The Second Council of Constantinople (553)

• Episode 154: War Among the Monotheists

• Episode 155: The Third Council of Constantinople (680-681)

• Episode 156: The Second Council of Nicaea (787)

• Episode 157: Reflections on the First Seven Ecumenical Councils

• Episode 158: The Fourth Council of Constantinople (869-870)

• Episode 159: The Great Schism

• Episode 160: The First Lateran Council (1123)

• Episode 161: The Second Lateran Council (1139)

• Episode 162: The Third Lateran Council (1179)

• Episode 163: The Fourth Lateran Council (1215)

• Episode 164: The First Council of Lyon (1245)

• Episode 165: The Second Council of Lyon (1274)