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5 days ago · In 1411, the antipope John XXIII proclaimed his own crusade against Ladislaus of Naples, the protector of rival Gregory XII. In 1409, Louis II of Anjou had liberated Rome from Ladislaus' occupation, and he joined John XXIII's crusade, where he attacked Ladislaus and defeated him at the Battle of Roccasecca on 19 May 1411.
5 days ago · More than an ideological investigation of the issues of simony and nicolaitism that lay at the heart of the reform, Stroll wishes to concentrate on the Realpolitik behind them. The structure of the book is hinted at by the title; it follows a chronological résumé of each pope and antipope from 1046 through to 1072.
3 days ago · The right of the laity to reject the person elected was abolished by a synod held in the Lateran in 769, but restored to Roman noblemen by Pope Nicholas I during a synod of Rome in 862. The pope was also subjected to oaths of loyalty to the Holy Roman Emperor , who had the duty of providing security and public peace in Rome. [16]
3 days ago · 4 Either Leo VIII or Benedict V may be considered an antipope. 5 A confusion in the numbering of popes named John after John XIV (reigned 983–984) resulted because some 11th-century historians mistakenly believed that there had been a pope named John between antipope Boniface VII and the true John XV (reigned 985–996).
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4 days ago · He noted that Nicholas V (pope, 1447-1455) had encouraged slavery, while Paul III (pope, 1534-1549) ordered that those who engaged in the practice be excommunicated. "This is an example that...
5 days ago · The predominant eschatological view in the Ante-Nicene period was Premillennialism, the belief of a visible reign of Christ in glory on earth with the risen saints for a thousand years, before the general resurrection and judgment. [6] Justin Martyr and Irenaeus were the most outspoken proponents of premillennialism.
2 days ago · The popes evidently acquiesced in the change in the position of the hospital, for Pope Eugenius IV, at the request of Henry VI, gave leave in 1446 to the bishops of Worcester and Norwich, the provost of Eton and William Say, the warden, to make statutes for St. Anthony's, London, and Pope Nicholas V in 1447 exempted the hospital from all ...
