Which Pope excommunicated William of Ockham?
Pope John XXII
Pope Benedict XII
Pope Clement VI
Pope Innocent VI
Answer
Pope John XXII excommunicated William of Ockham, an English philosopher and theologian, in 1328. Ockham had criticized the Pope's authority and questioned the doctrine of papal infallibility. His teachings were deemed heretical, leading to his excommunication. Ockham fled to the protection of the Holy Roman Emperor and continued to write and teach, becoming one of the most influential thinkers of the late Middle Ages.
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