From 1100AD - 1700AD have one of the Roman Catholic Pope's be burned at the stake as a Heretic.
Not being an expert on the subject, I'd guess maybe an avingnon pope could but again I'm unsure.
Damn, I was thinking about the Cadaver Synod too. Maybe Pope Julius II decides to do a Cadaver Synod Revamped and put Rodrigo Borgia's skeleton on trial for whatever decadencies and idolatries they can think of and top it off with a good ol' fashion stake-burning event?
If some variant of the Great Schism involved 2 churches with diverging theology and practice (which we DIDN'T have iOTL), where e.g. one Pope starts allowing mass in the vernacular, translations of bibles, etc. (as one possibility), then you could certainly have one of those two burned for heresy if he were caught by the other side.
Trust me, if the Papacy learned anything from the Cadaver Synod, it was "Let's not do this again, mmmm?" The Synod was followed by a decades long struggle between the Synod's detractors (which was most people), and its supporters, which saw the results overturned, reaffirmed, and overturned again.
And also, Popes murdered. Sometimes by their future successors.
Was the Avignon Schism ever close to having something like this happen?
Was the Avignon Schism ever close to having something like this happen?
Was the Avignon Schism ever close to having something like this happen?
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From 1100AD - 1700AD have one of the Roman Catholic Pope's be burned at the stake as a Heretic.
Not being an expert on the subject, I'd guess maybe an avingnon pope could but again I'm unsure.