Yes, and conciliarism was a problem until some time after Luther. But I would argue that after arresting one claimant and getting a second to agree to resign if the council agreed that he had been the true pope, and then voting by nations rather than by cardinals for the new pope, they removed most of the political support for the remain…
Yes, and conciliarism was a problem until some time after Luther. But I would argue that after arresting one claimant and getting a second to agree to resign if the council agreed that he had been the true pope, and then voting by nations rather than by cardinals for the new pope, they removed most of the political support for the remaining contender and his faction died out. But certainly conciliarism was a factor for the rest of the century, which is why Basle is not given credit for instituting the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception.
Yes, and conciliarism was a problem until some time after Luther. But I would argue that after arresting one claimant and getting a second to agree to resign if the council agreed that he had been the true pope, and then voting by nations rather than by cardinals for the new pope, they removed most of the political support for the remaining contender and his faction died out. But certainly conciliarism was a factor for the rest of the century, which is why Basle is not given credit for instituting the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception.