Aftermath of the Council of Vienne (1320s)

Timeline

1. 1321–1322Avignon · FranceJohn XXII incorporated the Council of Vienne's resolutions on the transfer of Knights Templar property, religious order discipline, and the regulation of local religious groups into the everyday governance of the Avignon papacy, promoting them in various countries through decrees and court procedures, consolidating papal control over church resources after the council.
2. 1322–1324Avignon · FranceThe Council of Vienne's handling of the Franciscan question did not end the controversy. From 1322 John XXII issued a series of decrees rejecting the doctrine of absolute poverty and scrutinizing the Spirituals, turning the religious order discipline issue left by the council into a larger theological and political conflict during the 1320s.
3. 1325–1330Low Countries · Low CountriesThe Council of Vienne's regulation of semi-religious groups such as the Beguines continued into the 1320s; local bishops and papal legates intensified scrutiny of religious communities outside the formal religious order system, with persistent friction between suspicion of heresy and traditions of local autonomy.