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51Kreuzlingen Abbey — (Stift Kreuzlingen or Kloster Kreuzlingen), in Kreuzlingen in Switzerland, on the border with Germany, was founded in about 1125 by Ulrich I of Dillingen, Bishop of Constance, as a house of Augustinian Canons. In 1848 the government of the Canton …
52Martin V — (Oddone Colonna) 1368 1431, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1417 31. * * * orig. Oddo Colonna born 1368, Genazzano, Papal States died Feb. 20, 1431, Rome Pope (1417–31). His election at the Council of Constance marked the end of the Western Schism. He …
53Christian primitivism — See also: Restorationism (disambiguation) Part of a series on the History of Christian Theology …
54Western Schism — • Only a temporary misunderstanding, even though it compelled the Church for forty years to seek its true head; it was fed by politics and passions, and was terminated by the assembling of the councils of Pisa and Constance Catholic Encyclopedia …
55Excommunication — • Exclusion from the communion, the principal and severest censure, is a medicinal, spiritual penalty that deprives the guilty Christian of all participation in the common blessings of ecclesiastical society Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight.… …
56Sacrifice of the Mass — • The word Mass (missa) first established itself as the general designation for the Eucharistic Sacrifice in the West after the time of Pope Gregory the Great, the early Church having used the expression the breaking of bread (fractio panis) or… …
57Conciliarism — The theory that a general council (rather than the pope) is the supreme and ultimate authority in the Christian church. This theory was rooted in the practice of the early church, especially in the role of the ecumenical councils of the fourth …
58Medieval Restorationism — For restorationism in other time periods, see Restorationism (Christian primitivism). The term Medieval Restorationism is used to refer collectively to a number of movements that sought to renew the Christian church during the Middle Ages. The… …
59Late Middle Ages — The Late Middle Ages is a term used by historians to describe European history in the period of the 14th and 15th centuries (AD 1300–1499). The Late Middle Ages were preceded by the High Middle Ages, and followed by the Early Modern era… …
60Christendom — Christianity Percentage by country. It should be noted that this map is of the nominal population and thus, especially in Europe, the numbers are higher than those of actual believers …
