[Idaho_Cowboy]

Well, #4 is clearly incorrect.

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Would have to search for the history, but weren’t there rival Popes that declared each other heretics?

[ShadowAce]

yup. Rome and the Holy Roman Empire period.

[Idaho_Cowboy]

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ch/1990/issue28/2824.html?start=2

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/640848/Western-Schism

Yep, 3 rival Popes. Interesting.

[vladimir998]

“Would have to search for the history, but weren’t there rival Popes that declared each other heretics?”

No. There were rival men claiming to be pope. There’s a difference.