Conciliar movement

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The Conciliar movement was a 14th–15th century reform effort within the Catholic Church that asserted the authority of general church councils over the pope to resolve crises and curb papal power.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Conciliarism 4
Conciliar movement canonical 2
conciliarism 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ecclesiastical reform movement ⓘ
historical movement in the Catholic Church ⓘ
theological doctrine ⓘ
aimedTo limit papal authority ⓘ
reform the governance of the Catholic Church ⓘ
resolve crises within the Church ⓘ
associatedWith conciliarism ⓘ
began late 14th century ⓘ
challenged the doctrine of unrestricted papal supremacy ⓘ
contrastedWith ultramontanism ⓘ
coreIdea ecumenical councils can act without or against the pope in emergencies ⓘ
the Church as a whole is superior to the pope ⓘ
declined mid-15th century ⓘ
developedFrom crisis of authority in the late medieval papacy ⓘ
doctrineName conciliarism ⓘ
evaluatedByChurch largely set aside by later papal teaching ⓘ
FrequensClaim general councils should be held regularly ⓘ
geographicScope Western Europe ⓘ
HaecSanctaClaim a general council derives its authority directly from Christ ⓘ
historicalContext Avignon Papacy ⓘ
Western Schism ⓘ
influenced early modern debates on church and state authority ⓘ
later theories of constitutionalism in church governance ⓘ
influencedBy canon law theories of corporate ecclesial authority ⓘ
scholastic theology ⓘ
keyDecree Frequens ⓘ
Haec Sancta ⓘ
keyEvent Council of Basel ⓘ
Council of Constance ⓘ
Council of Pisa ⓘ
legacy inspiration for later Gallican and conciliar tendencies ⓘ
long-term debates over the balance of power between pope and council ⓘ
legalBasis decrees of the Council of Constance ⓘ
mainClaim a general council of the Church holds authority over the pope in certain matters ⓘ
opposedBy papalist theologians ⓘ
supporters of absolute papal monarchy ⓘ
reachedPeak early 15th century ⓘ
relatedConcept church constitutionalism ⓘ
ecumenical council ⓘ
religiousTradition Catholic Church ⓘ
resultedIn election of Pope Martin V at the Council of Constance ⓘ
end of the Western Schism ⓘ
supportedBy many university theologians ⓘ
reform-minded clergy ⓘ
some secular rulers ⓘ
timePeriod 14th century ⓘ
15th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Western Schism → followedBy → Conciliar movement ⓘ
Council of Constance → topic → conciliarism ⓘ
linked to: Conciliar movement
Felix V → conflict → Conciliar movement ⓘ
subject linked to: antipope Felix V
Declaration of the Clergy of France of 1682 → influencedBy → Conciliarism ⓘ
linked to: Conciliar movement
Decree Frequens → category → Conciliarism ⓘ
subject linked to: decree Frequens
linked to: Conciliar movement
Four Gallican Articles → influencedBy → Conciliarism ⓘ
linked to: Conciliar movement
Gallican Church → influencedBy → Conciliarism ⓘ
linked to: Conciliar movement