Sentence examples for divided into three parties from inspiring English sources

It deposed the two existing pontiffs, who refused to cooperate, and elected a third, Alexander V. Western Christendom was therefore divided into three parties until the Council of Constance (1414 18), which forced the three contending popes to resign and elected Oddone Colonna, a Pisan cardinal, as Pope Martin V.

It was divided into two parties, of which the southern one, under Rudolf Martin Anderson, did survey and scientific work on the north mainland coast from Alaska to Coronation Gulf and in southern Victoria Island, while the northern traveled extensively in the northwest, discovering the last remaining islands in that area.

The Franciscan Order at this time was divided into two parties, which came to be known as the "Conventuals" and the "Spirituals" (or "zealots").

A generally accepted tradition has it that some time around the beginning of the third century BCE, the primitive Buddhist community divided into two parties or fraternities: the Sthaviras (Pali, Theriyas) and the Mahāsāṅghikas, each of which thenceforth had its own ordination traditions.

Coutances refused to recognise the result of the election, and the chapter divided into two parties, one favouring the elected chapter member, the other party another choice.

As the GOP contest unfolds, it is becoming increasingly clear that the party is divided into three parts.

In both countries all legislative parties (like Gaul) are divided into three parts.

It is divided into three parts.

The biography is divided into three parts.

It's basically divided into three parts.

The opposition is divided into three major parties and several smaller ones, with little in common other than the desire to resist Maduro.