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The Medieval Church · 1378–1379

The Declarations of the Great Schism

The cardinals of Rome and Avignon

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What it is

The competing manifestos of 1378: one body of cardinals declaring Urban VI validly elected, the same body months later declaring the election void under duress and choosing another.

Why it lasted

The beginning of forty years of two and then three rival popes, and the crisis that made conciliar theory a practical necessity.

Where to read it

Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.

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