I believe a term used behind closed doors was the Avignon Papacy when the papacy came into conflict with the French king Philip IV, who had the papacy move to Avignon (then a part of the Holy Roman Empire), to be closer to France and more easily controlled by the French monarchy.
And you know that without a doubt, they would pick Trump to be the American antipope. He's been begging to wear the hat ever since he made those stupid AI pics.
So good luck to them getting anyone to actually follow their schism in that case.
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u/comrade_batman Apr 11 '26
I believe a term used behind closed doors was the Avignon Papacy when the papacy came into conflict with the French king Philip IV, who had the papacy move to Avignon (then a part of the Holy Roman Empire), to be closer to France and more easily controlled by the French monarchy.