The Conciliarist Tradition Constitutionalism in the Catholic Church 1300-1870
Francis Oakley
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The Conciliarist Tradition Constitutionalism in the Catholic Church 1300-1870

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In the early fifteenth century, the general council assembled at Constance and, representing the universal Church, put an end to the scandalous schism which for almost forty years had divided the Latin Church between rival lines of claimants to the papal office. It did so by claiming and exercising an authority superior to that of the pope, an authority by virtue of which it could impose constitutional limits on the exercise of his prerogatives, stand in judgment over him, and if need be, depose him for wrongdoing. In so acting the council gave historic expression to a tradition of conciliaris...