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Ultramontanism
Ulˊtra-mon′ta-nism
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
ultramontanisme
.] The principles of those within the Roman Catholic Church who maintain extreme views favoring the pope’s supremacy; – so used by those living north of the Alps in reference to the Italians; – rarely used in an opposite sense, as referring to the views of those living north of the Alps and opposed to the papal claims. Cf.
Gallicanism
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ultramontanism
ultramontanism
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ultramontanism (countable and uncountable, plural ultramontanisms)
- A Roman Catholic philosophy that emphasises the prerogatives and powers of the Pope.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 818:
- Ultramontanism is often seen as a conservative force in the Church, but after 1815 it represented innovation and the prospect of Church reconstruction and revival, albeit of a particular type.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 818:
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Roman Catholic philosophy that emphasises the prerogatives and powers of the Pope
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