This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1853 Excerpt: ...proceeded too far to be abandoned now, and it was therefore seriously taken up by the cardinals of both colleges, who resolved to call a general council of the Church, to assemble at Pisa, in 1409. At this council both the Pontiffs were deposed, and a new one was elected, in the person of Peter, Cardinal of Milan, who ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1853 Excerpt: ...proceeded too far to be abandoned now, and it was therefore seriously taken up by the cardinals of both colleges, who resolved to call a general council of the Church, to assemble at Pisa, in 1409. At this council both the Pontiffs were deposed, and a new one was elected, in the person of Peter, Cardinal of Milan, who forthwith assumed the title of Alexander V., and by acknowledging whom, as the rightful successor of Peter, the Romanist writers virtually confess the paramount authority of a general council. Yet the two deposed Pontiffs by no means resigned their pretensions. Benedict resided in Spain, and still received the homage of that portion of Christendom. Gregory, however, was compelled to escape from his enemies by taking the disguise of a merchant. Hastening across the Alps he was kindly received by the king of Hungary, and continued to be treated as the true Pontiff by most of the German race. Thus three Popes once more divided between them the sovereignty of the Church; but this time there was no master spirit like Hildebrand's to educe strength out of weakness. The division was a real peril to the papacy, and the consequences were felt ere the century had fully expired. Alexander's career was very brief, yet it was distinguished by one circumstance very important in the eyes of a Protestant. In the hope of reconciling all parties, he solemnly decreed that the benefices which had been held under either of the rival Pontiffs should be confirmed to their possessors, and that all censures and excommunications should be annulled. So that two distinct claims of apostolical succession were recognized by this Pontiff, notwithstanding the anathemas which had been heaped on each other by the rival Popes, and under which hundreds, if not thousands, of the ...
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