Conciliarism

Definition

The conviction, voiced amid the Western Schism, that only an Ecumenical Council can end the schism and eradicate abuses, and that the council has the right to call a pope to accountability and to judge and depose him (asserted at Pisa and confirmed at Konstanz).

Episodes

• 034 — History of the Christian Church — Topic 14
• 137 — Comparative Theology — Topic 9. Protestantism.
• 142 — Comparative Theology — Topic 14. The Old Catholicism.

Related Concepts

• Antipope
• Council Of Konstanz
• Councils Of Pisa Constance Basel And Florence
• Ecumenical Councils
• German Catholicism
• Great Western Schism
• Papal Authority
• Papal Infallibility
• Papal Primacy