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Commentators have claimed that John XXIII (1958-1963) signaled his intention to call an ecumenical council by taking the name of an anti-pope deposed by the Council of Constance (1414-1418), who was also John XXIII. A beloved pastor, John Hus was nevertheless condemned as a heretic at the Council of Constance for his uncompromising belief in the final authority of the Bible. The situation was finally resolved when, under pressure from King (subsequently Emperor) Sigismund of Germany, John XXIII reluctantly convened the Council of Constance, which proceeded to depose him and the other two popes (the Roman claimant, Gregory XII, was permitted the diplomatic fiction of a resignation). |
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