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| Council of Constance | |
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 Jan Hus before the Council of Constance, 1883 painting by Václav Brožík | |
| Date | 1414–1418 |
| Accepted by | Catholic Church |
Previous council | Council of Vienne |
Next council | Council of Florence |
| Convoked by | Sigismund and Antipope John XXIII, confirmed by Pope Gregory XII |
| President | Legates of Pope Gregory XII (Giovanni Dominici and Carlo Malatesta) |
| Attendance | About 600 |
| Topics | Hussites, conciliarism, Western Schism |
Documents and statements | Deposition of Antipopes Benedict XIII and John XXIII, condemnation of Jan Hus, election of Pope Martin V, Haec sancta synodus, Frequens |
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The Council of Constance (Latin: Concilium Constantiense;[1] German: Konzil von Konstanz) was an ecumenical council of the Catholic Church that was held from 1414 to 1418 in the Bishopric of Constance (Konstanz) in present-day Germany. This was the first time that an ecumenical council was convened in the Holy Roman Empire. The council ended the Western Schism by deposing or accepting the resignation of the remaining papal claimants and by electing Pope Martin V. It was the last papal election to take place outside of Italy.
The council also condemned Jan Hus as a heretic and facilitated his execution; and it ruled on issues of national sovereignty and the rights of pagans and just war in response to a conflict between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Kingdom of Poland and the Order of the Teutonic Knights.
The council is also important for its role in the debates over ecclesial conciliarism and papal supremacy. Constance issued two particularly significant decrees regarding the constitution of the Catholic Church: Haec sancta (1415), which asserted the superiority of ecumenical councils over popes in at least certain situations, and Frequens (1417), which provided for councils to be held automatically every ten years.[2] The status of these decrees proved controversial in the centuries after the council, and Frequens was never put into practice. Though Haec sancta, at least, continued to be accepted as binding by much of the church up to the 19th century, present-day Catholic theologians generally regard these decrees as either invalid or as practical responses to a particular situation without wider implications.
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- ^ Lindberg, Carter (2021). The European Reformations (3rd ed.). Chichester, UK: Wiley-Blackwell. p. 40. ISBN 9781119640813.