Council of Basel

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15th-century event Catholic Church council ecumenical council

The Council of Basel was a 15th-century ecumenical council of the Catholic Church that sought church reform and asserted the authority of general councils over the pope.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Council of Basel canonical	17
Council of Basel–Ferrara–Florence	2
Council of Basel envoys	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	15th-century event ⓘ Catholic Church council ⓘ ecumenical council ⓘ
aim	assertion of conciliar authority over the pope ⓘ church reform ⓘ negotiation of church union with Eastern Churches ⓘ reform of ecclesiastical discipline ⓘ
conflictWith	Pope Eugene IV ⓘ
convenedBy	Pope Martin V ⓘ
country	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
declared	superiority of general councils over the pope ⓘ
elected	Felix V ⓘ
endTime	1449 ⓘ
follows	Western Schism ⓘ
hasPart	Council of Florence ⓘ surface form: Council of Ferrara Council of Florence ⓘ
issuedDocument	decree Frequens ⓘ decree Sacrosancta (reaffirmed) ⓘ reform decrees on benefices ⓘ reform decrees on papal reservations ⓘ reform decrees on simony ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ
location	Basel-Stadt ⓘ surface form: Basel Switzerland ⓘ
movedTo	Ferrara ⓘ Florence ⓘ
openedBy	Pope Eugene IV ⓘ
opposedBy	papal curia ⓘ
participant	bishops ⓘ canon lawyers ⓘ cardinals ⓘ envoys of secular princes ⓘ representatives of cathedral chapters ⓘ representatives of religious orders ⓘ theologians ⓘ
predecessor	Council of Constance ⓘ Council of Siena ⓘ
recognizedBy	few European states ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church
result	election of Antipope Felix V ⓘ schism within the council ⓘ
significantFor	development of conciliar theory ⓘ late medieval church reform movement ⓘ relations between papacy and councils ⓘ
startTime	1431 ⓘ
theologicalOrientation	conciliarism ⓘ
topic	Hussite movement ⓘ surface form: Bohemian reform movement Hussite question ⓘ limitation of papal financial exactions ⓘ reform of the Roman Curia ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Late Middle Ages → hasMajorEvent → Council of Basel ⓘ

Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy → electedBy → Council of Basel ⓘ

Council of Constance → followedBy → Council of Basel ⓘ

Laetentur Caeli → relatedCouncil → Council of Basel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Basel–Ferrara–Florence

Pope Eugene IV → majorEventPresided → Council of Basel ⓘ

antipope Felix V → electedBy → Council of Basel ⓘ

subject surface form: Felix V

antipope Felix V → associatedWithEvent → Council of Basel ⓘ

subject surface form: Felix V

this entity surface form: Council of Basel–Ferrara–Florence

Felix V → electedAsAntipopeBy → Council of Basel ⓘ

Felix V → recognizedBy → Council of Basel ⓘ

Felix V → associatedWithCouncil → Council of Basel ⓘ

Declaration of the Clergy of France of 1682 → influencedBy → Council of Basel ⓘ

Treaty of Arras (1435) → mediatedBy → Council of Basel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Basel envoys

Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges → influencedBy → Council of Basel ⓘ

Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges → recognizedCouncilDecreesFrom → Council of Basel ⓘ

Utraquists → recognizedBy → Council of Basel ⓘ

Calixtines → associatedWithEvent → Council of Basel ⓘ

Compactata of Basel → negotiatedBy → Council of Basel ⓘ

Compactata of Basel → party → Council of Basel ⓘ

Conciliar movement → keyEvent → Council of Basel ⓘ

Nicholas of Cusa → participantIn → Council of Basel ⓘ