Frequens
Frequens is the name for the decree passed at the Council of Constance on October 9, 1417 ; it was supposed to ensure that the Pope convened councils regularly . With this decree, the council participants determined that church meetings should be held “forever”.
It was stipulated that five years after the Council of Constance another one and the second after seven years would have to take place. From then on, further councils must take place at least every ten years. In fact, the Council of Pavia followed in 1423 and the Council of Basel began in 1431 . The Pope should also announce the time for the next meeting at the end of a council. This continuity was also intended to reinforce the “supremacy” of the decisions of the council over the pope called for in the Decree Haec sancta of Constance , because control over the office of the pope could only be ensured through regular councils. However, only five councils have taken place since the edict was issued.
literature
- Daniel Gaschick, Christian Würtz: The Constance Council - A Little Story. G. Braun Buchverlag, Karlsruhe 2014, ISBN 978-3-7650-8449-2 .
Web links
- Constancy. General Council ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) In: Walter Brandmüller : Lexicon of Councils.
- Fordham University : Paul Halsall: Medieval Sourcebook: Council of Constance: Frequens, 1417
Individual evidence
- ^ Jürgen Miethke : Church reform at the Council of Constance. Contributions from the symposium to the Council of Constance on 22./23. January 2010 (PDF; 51 kB)