Council of Constance
Council of Constance
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Headings
Sentence dissolving the council, and the granting of indulgences
Decrees of the council, concerning its authority and integrity,
Sentence condemning various articles of John Wyclif
Condemnation of Wyclif's books
Condemnation of 260 other articles of Wyclif
The council pronounces John Wyclif a heretic,
condemns his memory and orders his bones to be exhumed
Decree stating that the process for electing a pope,
if the see happens to be vacant,
may not begin without the council's express consent
Sentence deposing Pope John XXIII
Decree to the effect that none of the three contenders
for the papacy may be re-elected as pope
That no priest, under pain of excommunication,
may communicate the people under the forms of both bread and wine
Decree stating that the election of the Roman pontiff
is to be made in the manner and form to be laid down by the sacred council,
and that the council shall not be dissolved until the election
of the next Roman pontiff has been made
The council approves Gregory XII's resignation
Articles of John Wyclif selected from the 260
Sentence against John Hus
Sentence of degradation against J. Hus
Sentence condemning J. Hus to the stake
Condemned articles of J. Hus
Sentence condemning John Petit's proposition, "Any tyrant-«
Provision to guard against future schisms
On the profession to be made by the pope
That prelates may not be translated without their consent
On spoils and procurations
That the election of the Roman pontiff may be begun,
not with standing the absence of Peter de Luna's cardinals
On the manner and form of electing the pope
On exemptions
On unions and incorporations
On intercalary fruits
On simoniacs
On dispensations
On tithes and other dues
On the life and probity of clerics
The exposition of the 150 fathers