Frequens

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Frequens (Frequent) 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.^[1] From then on, further councils must take place at least every ten years. In fact, the followed in 1423 and the Council of Basel began in 1431. The Pope should also announce the date 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 the Council of Constance, because only regular councils could control the office of the pope. However, only five councils have taken place since the edict was issued.

See also[]

• Haec sancta

References[]

Further reading[]

• Daniel Gaschick, Christian Würtz: Das Konstanzer Konzil – Eine kleine Geschichte. G. Braun Buchverlag, Karlsruhe 2014, ISBN 978-3-7650-8449-2.

External links[]

• Konstanz. Allgemeines Konzil. 5.11.1414 - 22.4.1418. at the Wayback Machine (archived 4 March 2016), in: Walter Brandmüller: Lexikon der Konzilien.
• Fordham University: Paul Halsall: Medieval Sourcebook: Council of Constance: Frequens, 1417