#168 - The Council of Constance (1414-1418)

Justin Hibbard continues our series on the 21 Ecumenical Council by examining the 16th Council - the Council of Constance, which met to solve the dilemma of three rival popes. How did the council solve the Great Western Schism, and how did it address some of the forerunners of Protestantism?

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SOURCES:

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

• Video: General Councils 11: The Council of Constance - Fr Timothy Matkin - St Francis Dallas

• Papal Encyclicals Online: The Council of Constance (1414-18)

• Catholic Encyclopedia: The Council of Constance

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)

• Episode 166: The Council of Vienne (1311-1312)

• Episode 167: The Avignon Papacy & The Great Western Schism