Definitions
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- noun The policy that absolute authority in the Church should be vested in the pope.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The doctrines of ultramontanes; the views of that party in the Church of Rome which places an absolute authority in matters of faith and discipline in the hands of the Pope, in opposition to the views of that party which would place the national churches, such as the Gallican, in partial independence of the Roman curia, and make the Pope subordinate to the statutes of an ecumenical council.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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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- noun A
Roman Catholic philosophy that emphasises theprerogatives andpowers of thePope .
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- noun (Roman Catholic Church) the policy that the absolute authority of the church should be vested in the pope
Etymologies
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In the first place, it is impossible to see intelligently to the bottom of the momentous spirit of ultramontanism, which is so deep a difficulty of continental Europe, and which, touching us in Ireland, is perhaps already one of our own deepest difficulties, without comprehending in its best shape the theory on which ultramontanism rests.
Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Essay 4: Joseph de Maistre John Morley 1880
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"ultramontanism" with his present state of feeling, which had been styled Gallicanism.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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"ultramontanism", soon provoked among the students an agitation that ended in a general dispersion.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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Note 28: In Roman Catholicism, ultramontanism was an emphasis on the supremacy of the pope in Rome, who lived ultramontanus, or "beyond the mountains [south of the Alps]" from the perspective of northern Europe.
Gutenber-e Help Page 2005
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Pius was assisted by general Catholic revival and ultramontanism but also met with resistance from laymen who were excluded from the government.
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Conservatism was also linked to the rise of ultramontanism in the Roman Catholic Church.
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Anti-ultramontanism was the major dimension of reforming movements before and after the condemnation, motivated in part by resent - ment against Roman distrust of German thought, reflected in the excommunication of Döllinger in 1871 and the more recent censuring of the liberal Hermann
Dictionary of the History of Ideas JOHN RATT 1968
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Ireland has been for the last two generations brought into absolute captivity to the principles of ultramontanism.
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Regicide Peace_ have a good deal of that relentless illogic which made de Maistre connect the first sign of dissent from ultramontanism with the road to a denial of all faith.
Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham Harold Joseph Laski 1921
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In strong opposition to ultramontanism, Carducci in his songs evokes the memories of ancient Rome, the images of the great
the_maori commented on the word ultramontanism
n. advocating the greatest possible enhancement of papal power and authority (from the fact that the papal seat was located the other side of the Alps from the French) (From WWFTD)
September 27, 2012