When there were 3 Popes

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twf said:
DavidFilmer:
If, hypothetically, Martin V was an anti-pope, then wouldn’t any appointments he made to the college of cardinals be invalid?
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Oops. I made a mistake.

Gregory was deposed by the Council of Constance, and Martin was appointed, but (for some reason) it took a long time for him to get to Rome. There was a two year interregnum, during which Gregory died. So Gregory was already dead when Martin was formally installed (though, technically, a person becomes Pope simply by accepting the appointment, provided he is already a Bishop).
 
DavidFilmer said:
Oops. I made a mistake.

Gregory was deposed by the Council of Constance, and Martin was appointed, but (for some reason) it took a long time for him to get to Rome. There was a two year interregnum, during which Gregory died. So Gregory was already dead when Martin was formally installed (though, technically, a person becomes Pope simply by accepting the appointment, provided he is already a Bishop).
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Still, Martin would have been accepted by the world so he was Pope
 
dmar198 said:
We have the text of the Council. What session deposed him, and what were the terms of the deposition?
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Session 41 (held November 8, 1417).

There are no “terms of the deposition” because an Ecumenical Council cannot actually depose a Pope in the first place, so no such “terms” are even possible. But the Council installed Martin-5 as Pope. That is an implicit (and effective) deposition.
 
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