How did the popes move to avignon and the establishment of rival popes encourge reformers?

 How did the pope's move to Avignon and the establishment of a rival pope in Rome affect Church authority and power? They weakened the Church's authority. The move of the papacy put the Church under French influence and having rival popes showed further disarray in the hierarchy of the Church.  

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