In continuation of our series on the 21 Ecumenical Church Councils, Justin Hibbard uncovers one of the most controversial councils - the Council of Vienne (Vienne, France… not Vienna, Austria). How did this council become a puppet of the French Monarch, begin the Avignon Papacy, and result in the unjust dissolution of the Knights Templar?
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SOURCES:
* The Ecumenical Councils of the Catholic Church: A History by Joseph Kelly
* The Council of Vienne - Papal Encyclicals Online
* Second Council of Vienne - New Advent
* Video: General Councils 10: Lyons I and Vienne - Fr Timothy Matkin - St Francis Dallas
* Unam Santam - Pope Boniface VIII
* The Types of Papal Documents and Weight of Each
PREVIOUS EPISODES IN THIS SERIES
* Episode 146: Introduction to the 21 Ecumenical Councils
* Episode 147: The World that Led to the Council of Nicaea
* Episode 148: The First Council of Nicaea (325)
* Episode 149: From Nicaea to Constantinople
* Episode 150: The First Council of Constantinople (381)
* Episode 151: The Council of Ephesus (431)
* Episode 152: The Council of Chalcedon (451)
* Episode 153: The Second Council of Constantinople (553)
* Episode 154: War Among the Monotheists
* Episode 155: The Third Council of Constantinople (680-681)
* Episode 156: The Second Council of Nicaea (787)
* Episode 157: Reflections on the First Seven Ecumenical Councils
* Episode 158: The Fourth Council of Constantinople (869-870)
* Episode 159: The Great Schism
* Episode 160: The First Lateran Council (1123)
* Episode 161: The Second Lateran Council (1139)
* Episode 162: The Third Lateran Council (1179)
* Episode 163: The Fourth Lateran Council (1215)
* Episode 164: The First Council of Lyon (1245)
* Episode 165: The Second Council of Lyon (1274)
