What does antipapacy mean?
Antipapacy means antipapism; the office or reign of an antipope.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
antipapism; the office or reign of an antipope.
And as for the perſecution of the Empreſſe which happened long before, and for an other cauſe, to witt, foraſmuch as Vigilius after his predeceſſor Siluerius was dead, and that he was become true Pope, would not keepe the promiſe that he had made, and ſecretlie accomplisht to her during his Antipapacy, to admitt Anthymus and the other Eutychians into his communion.
As the author has established, what must make one cautious about such a judgement is the fact that the time was past for an antipapacy installed by the emperor.
[…] instead of thoroughgoing reforms, the actions of that council culminated in the formation of another—the last—antipapacy (Felix V, reigned 1439–49).
But with the end of the papacy, or antipapacy, of Benedict XIII, whether by the deposition decreed by the Council of Constance in 1417 (which Benedict rejected) or by his death in 1423 (which he had to accept), no more popes chose Avignon for their principal residence.
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Antipapacy means antipapism; the office or reign of an antipope.
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And as for the perſecution of the Empreſſe which happened long before, and for an other cauſe, to witt, foraſmuch as Vigilius after his predeceſſor Siluerius was dead, and that he was become true Pope, would not keepe the promiſe that he had made, and ſecretlie accomplisht to her during his Antipapacy, to admitt Anthymus and the other Eutychians into his communion.
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