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Ultramontanism   Listen
noun
Ultramontanism  n.  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" Quotes from Famous Books



... churches. His translation of Farini, followed by his article on the same subject in the Edinburgh in 1852, was his first blast against 'the covetous, domineering, implacable policy represented in the term Ultramontanism; the winding up higher and higher, tighter and tighter, of the hierarchical spirit, in total disregard of those elements by which it ought to be checked and balanced; and an unceasing, covert, smouldering war against human freedom, even in its most modest and retiring forms of private life and ...
— The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) - 1809-1859 • John Morley

... on the causes of the moral breakdown of the Empire and of the French army do not help us to much that is novel. He lays more than the usual stress on Ultramontanism as an influence. The death of the archbishop of Paris could have been prevented, he thinks, had the Versailles authorities acted with due promptness and determination; and he avers his belief that the liberalism of that prelate made his death not unacceptable to ...
— Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 • Various



Words linked to "Ultramontanism" :   Roman Catholic, Roman Church, Roman Catholic Church, Church of Rome, policy, Western Church



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