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1415
Anno Domini

Ecumenical Council

Council of Constance

November 1414 – April 1418 Constance (Germany) Convoked by: Pope John XXIII (subsequently deposed); confirmed by Pope Martin V c. 600 bishops
Ecumenical Council — Universally Recognised
Section I

The Crisis that summoned Council of Constance

The apologetic argument: Ended the Western Schism by deposing the rival claimants. Condemned Jan Hus and John Wycliffe. The conciliarist decrees (Haec Sancta, Frequens) were later rejected — demonstrating that councils require papal ratification to be binding.
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