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  • 211414 — Year 1414 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.Events of 1414* January 7 Michael Küchmeister von Sternberg becomes the 28th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order. * August 6 Joan II… …

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  • 22Ecumenical council — This article is about ecumenical councils in general. For the Roman Catholic councils, see Catholic Ecumenical Councils. For the Salvador Dalí painting, see The Ecumenical Council (painting). Part of a series on Christianity …

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  • 23Bishopric of Constance — Prince Bishopric of Constance Hochstift Konstanz State of the Holy Roman Empire ← …

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  • 24Constance, Council of — • A (partly) ecumenical council held at Constance, now in the Grand Duchy of Baden, from 5 Nov., 1414, to 22 April, 1418 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …

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  • 25Constance, Council of — (1414 1418)    General council of the Roman Catholic Church, assembled in order to end the Western Schism that had divided Latin Christendom since 1378. The disputed papal election of 1378 had produced two rival popes whose successors competed… …

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  • 26Pisa, Council of — ▪ Roman Catholicism [1409]       in Roman Catholic church history, a council convened in 1409 with the intention of ending the Western (Western Schism) (or Great) Schism, during which rival popes, each with his own Curia (bureaucracy), were set… …

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  • 27Quinisext Council — Council in Trullo (Quinisext Council) Date 692 Accepted by Eastern Orthodoxy Previous council Third Council of Constantinople Next council Second Council of Nicaea …

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  • 28Constance — /kon steuhns/, n. 1. Lake. German, Bodensee. a lake in W Europe, bounded by Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. 46 mi. (74 km) long; 207 sq. mi. (536 sq. km). 2. German, Konstanz. a city in S Germany, on this lake: important church council 1414 18 …

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  • 29CONSTANCE —    (16), a city of the Grand Duchy of Baden, on the S. bank of the Rhine, at its exit from the lake; famous for the seat of the council (1414 1418) which condemned John Huss and Jerome of Prague to death; long famous for its linen manufacture …

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  • 30Constance — Con•stance [[t]ˈkɒn stəns[/t]] n. 1) geg Lake. German, Bodensee a lake in W Europe, bounded by Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. 46 mi. (74 km) long; 207 sq. mi. (536 sq. km). 2) geg German, Konstanz a city in S Germany, on this lake: church… …

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