concordats

Through the office of the Papal Nuncio, renegotiations of old understandings began and a series of "concordats" were drafted and signed turning absolute control of local Catholic institutions over to Rome and the only authority to which these institutions could offer any allegiance.

Dangerous Intersection Mark Tiedemann 2010

Perl objected, saying that it would violate the terms of several concordats.

Motu Proprio "Ecclesiae Unitatem" - in English 2009

Conclusion of concordats with Naples (1741) and Spain (1753) were important steps in this direction, though they cost the papacy far-reaching concessions.

1700-1721 2001

He also extended papal recognition, in return for state protection of the church, by continuing the policy of establishing concordats with various governments.

1823-29 2001

The state may take account of the religious beliefs of its subjects, and enter into such relations as may seem to it convenient with the ecclesiastical authorities: this is the basis of the system of concordats, a system which has nothing in it contrary to first principles, so long as liberty is maintained.

The Heavenly Father Lectures on Modern Atheism Ernest Naville

German benefices by the Pope under the name of annates, or extorted under other pretexts; the illegal usurpation of ecclesiastical patronage in Germany, the constant infringement of concordats, and so on.

Life of Luther Julius Koestlin

He could do this with a good conscience, although in his Encyclical "Immortale Dei" of 1 November, 1885, he had declared the harmonious union of the two highest powers the ideal situation, and had referred to concordats as the means of arranging questions bordering on both jurisdictions.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

Church has for centuries established concordats with Catholic States; but even these have not always saved the situation.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

For concordats, like all other agreements, however firm in principle, are in practice only as strong as the conscientiousness of those whose duty it is to observe them.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

He bewailed the fact that the Holy See had, by means of concordats, surrendered the rights of the Church to the secular powers.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913