Open AccessOn the Connexion between Scotland and the Council of Constance in the Fifteenth Century
Author(s) -
John Small
Publication year - 1862
Publication title -
proceedings of the society of antiquaries of scotland
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2056-743X
pISSN - 0081-1564
DOI - 10.9750/psas.003.471.478
Subject(s) - fifteenth , declaration , subject (documents) , history , law , archbishop , political science , theology , classics , philosophy , library science , computer science
This article discusses how the decisions of the Council of Constance, 1414-1418, were received by the Scottish religious authorities. The author describes how the declaration of this Council on the subject of who was the true Pope triggered a heated debate among the Scottish clergy. It is also noted that members of the Scottish church were broadly in favour of the treatment of Huss and Jerome (see pp.408-424), and even emulated this example on a heretical preacher in St Andrews in 1433.