{"podcast":{"title":"Why Catholic?","slug":"why-catholic-5610697","podcast_index_feed_id":5610697,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/1013538.rss","website_url":"https://whycatholic.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/1013538/6bfeb1170a65ea8999a27e86835ad010.jpg","author":"Justin Hibbard","episode_count":187,"summary":"A podcast that dives into the what and why of Catholicism with Justin Hibbard","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T08:17:06.299952+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/why-catholic-5610697"},"episode":{"title":"#166 - The Council of Vienne (1311-1312)","slug":"166-the-council-of-vienne-1311-1312","published_at":"2025-12-17T20:13:33+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/why-catholic-5610697/166-the-council-of-vienne-1311-1312","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/why-catholic-5610697","url":"https://whycatholic.substack.com/p/166","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/181923433/a00d9db5af0ae11b1212932e03b08da9.mp3","summary":"In continuation of our series on the 21 Ecumenical Church Councils, Justin Hibbard uncovers one of the most controversial councils - the Council of Vienne (Vienne, France… not Vienna, Austria). How did this council become a puppet of the French Monarch, begin the Avignon Papacy, and result in the unjust dissolution of the Knights Templar? SOCIAL LINKS * Follow Why Catholic on Instagram. * Subscribe to Why Catholic on YouTube. * Follow Justin on Facebook. SOURCES: * The Ecumenical Councils of the Catholic Church: A History by Joseph Kelly * The Council of Vienne - Papal Encyclicals Online * Second Council of Vienne - New Advent * Video: General Councils 10: Lyons I and Vienne - Fr Timothy Matkin - St Francis Dallas * Unam Santam - Pope Boniface VIII * The Types of Papal Documents and Weight of Each PREVIOUS EPISODES IN THIS SERIES * Episode 146: Introduction to the 21 Ecumenical Councils * Episode 147: The World that Led to the Council of Nicaea * Episode 148: The First Council of Nicaea (325) * Episode 149: From Nicaea to Constantinople * Episode 150: The First Council of Constantinople (381) * Episode 151: The Council of Ephesus (431) * Episode 152: The Council of Chalcedon (451) * Episode 153: The Second Council of Constantinople (553) * Episode 154: War Among the Monotheists * Episode 155: The Third Council of Constantinople (680-681) * Episode 156: The Second Council of Nicaea (787) * Episode 157: Reflections on the First Seven Ecumenical Councils * Episode 158: The Fourth Council of Constantinople (869-870) * Episode 159: The Great Schism * Episode 160: The First Lateran Council (1123) * Episode 161: The Second Lateran Council (1139) * Episode 162: The Third Lateran Council (1179) * Episode 163: The Fourth Lateran Council (1215) * Episode 164: The First Council of…","meta_description":"In continuation of our series on the 21 Ecumenical Church Councils, Justin Hibbard uncovers one of the most controversial councils - the Council of Vienne…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1026,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/why-catholic-5610697/episodes/166-the-council-of-vienne-1311-1312/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/why-catholic-5610697/166-the-council-of-vienne-1311-1312.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}