There  appeared  at  it,  besides  the  Emperor  Sigismund  and  the
Pope  John  XXIII.,  26  princes,  140  counts,  20  cardinals,
7  patriarchs,  20  archbishops,  391  bishops  and  abbots,  more
than  300  doctors  of  theology,  and  not  less  than  4,000  other
priests.  It  was,  consequently,  an  easy  matter  for  the  Fathers
of  the  Council  to  succeed  in  deposing  the  opposing  Popes,
and  also  in  nominating  as  a  sole  properly-constituted  Pope,
Cardinal  Colonna,  who  called  himself  Martin  V.,  and  thereby
put  an  end  to  the  schism  which  had  lasted  for  so  many
years.  So  now  there  reigned,  as  formerly,  one  single  Pope
alone.  The  Council  not  merely  succeeded  in  this,  but  in
its  fourth  and  fifth  sitting  it  also  managed  to  constitute
the  following  proposition  as  an  everlasting  doctrine  of  faith.
