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- noun Plural form of
antipope .
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Sorry but only antipopes remind me of this governor.
Sound Politics: More And More, Governor Gregoire Reminds Me Of Pope Leo X 2007
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And during the time of the antipopes, how many schismatic Orders were fabricating their own versions of things, and passing off their versions as the work of earlier men?
A Canticle for Leibowitz Miller, Walter M. 1959
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Gregory XI. had migrated to Rome, two antipopes, Clement VII. and Benedict
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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Novatian, Lucian, happen to be tinged with heresy; two became antipopes; one is the father of Arianism; another was condemned by a general council.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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He presided over the last four sessions of the council, confirmed all the ordinances made by the cardinals after their refusal of obedience to the antipopes, united the two sacred colleges, and subsequently declared that he would work energetically for reform.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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Jews in 1412-1414, and figured prominently in the Western Schism, as the antipopes Benedict XIII and Clement VIII resided in Peniscola, in the diocese.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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III with three antipopes will inaugurate a cruel persecution of the clergy, who will be deprived of all their temporalities; King Charles of France will be imprisoned, but miraculously liberated; the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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Avignon (1309-1377) and especially during the schism (1378-1417), when the popes, as well as the antipopes, gave numerous abbeys in commendam in order to increase the number of their adherents.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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After his consecration the antipopes were treated with the greatest cruelty which, it seems to be generally allowed, Stephen was unable to hinder.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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Some only of the antipopes find mention in the list.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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