Question

What was the Avignon Papacy ,and why did it occur? What effect did it have on the state of the papacy? What relation does it have to the Great Schism? How did the Church become dived and how was it reunited? why was the Conciliar Movement a setback for the papacy?

Answer 1

Check these sites for your answers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avignon_Papacy

http://faculty.ucc.edu/egh-damerow/avignon_papacy.htm

http://www.christianchronicler.com/history1/avignon_papacy.html