ultramontanism
IPA: ʌɫtrʌmˈɑntʌnɪzʌm
noun
- A Roman Catholic philosophy that emphasises the prerogatives and powers of the Pope.
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Examples of "ultramontanism" in Sentences
- "ultramontanism" with his present state of feeling, which had been styled Gallicanism.
- Conservatism was also linked to the rise of ultramontanism in the Roman Catholic Church.
- "ultramontanism", soon provoked among the students an agitation that ended in a general dispersion.
- Ireland has been for the last two generations brought into absolute captivity to the principles of ultramontanism.
- In strong opposition to ultramontanism, Carducci in his songs evokes the memories of ancient Rome, the images of the great
- Pius was assisted by general Catholic revival and ultramontanism but also met with resistance from laymen who were excluded from the government.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
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