antipope

How To Use antipope In A Sentence

• But they are too trivial even to be called antipopes.
• This schism was an internal dispute within the Catholic Church resulting in French cardinals electing an "antipope" (Clement VII) in order to dispute the authority of recently elected Pope Urban VI. Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
• Except as regards Peter's length of tenure this essay upholds convention in the roster of popes, and with the further exception of Philip, names of antipopes play no role in what follows.
• the antipopes resided in Avignon during the Great Schism
• In any event, the fact that antipopes rose to power at all points to more cracks in the walls of monolithic Roman Catholicism.
• It is the purpose of this short essay to explain the confusing array of names of popes and antipopes during this time.
• Even the antipopes were rarely heretical.
• This schism was an internal dispute within the Catholic Church resulting in French cardinals electing an "antipope" (Clement VII) in order to dispute the authority of the recently elected Pope Urban VI. Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
• Nevertheless, Monsieur de Savoie, for so Charles VII called the antipope, was united to him by ties of blood. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07
• The late 14th and early 15th century saw a series of rival popes elected, one line of which is counted by the Roman Catholic Church as popes and the other as antipopes.