Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A movement originating among the French Roman Catholic clergy that favored the restriction of papal control and the achievement by each nation of individual administrative autonomy.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The spirit of nationalism within the French church, as opposed to the absolutism of the papal see.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The principles, tendencies, or action of those, within the Roman Catholic Church in France, who (esp. in 1682) sought to restrict the papal authority in that country and increase the power of the national church.
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- proper noun historical The principles or actions of those, within the
Roman Catholic Church inFrance , who (especially in 1682) sought to restrict thepapal authority in that country and increase the power of thenational church .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a religious movement originating among the French Roman Catholic clergy that favored the restriction of papal control and the achievement by each nation of individual administrative autonomy of the church
Etymologies
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Examples
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The attempt as made in France is known as Gallicanism, as made in Germany it is termed Febronianism and Josephism, in Italy Leopoldism.
Archive 2007-10-14 de Brantigny........................ 2007
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The attempt as made in France is known as Gallicanism, as made in Germany it is termed Febronianism and Josephism, in Italy Leopoldism.
Forerunners of the French Revolution. Part 2a de Brantigny........................ 2007
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At a time when the error since called Gallicanism spread everywhere he was a
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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Febronianism was an attempted revival of the conciliar movement of the fifteenth century and closely resembled "Gallicanism," as the movement in favor of the "Liberties of the Gallican Church" was called.
A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. Carlton J. H. Hayes 1923
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Gallicanism opened the way for the overt paganism of the reign of Louis XV, manifested in art, in literature and in lifestyles.
Archive 2009-05-01 elena maria vidal 2009
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But we can't let modernism go against our traditions, and I am sorry if it seems some not all or even a majority of SSPXers are waltzing close to Donatism or a denial of the anti-Gallicanism that culminated in Vatican I.
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This then was the doleful end of the intellectual progress of the century of "enlightenment" Gallicanism and Jansenism, Febronianism and Josephism, still concealing their hostility to the Papacy with fine-sounding words, had gnawed at the Church's vitals from within, while the spirit of the Encyclopedists and " philosophers " threatened it from without.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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France's love affair with Gallicanism and Modernism makes our current situation look rosy...none of us have had to decide whether Government sponsored Priests offer an actually valid Mass or not you can despise the NO all you want, but you have no reason or warrant to not think Christ is present on the altar, not any true worries like the Frenchmen did right after the revolution.
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This then was the doleful end of the intellectual progress of the century of "enlightenment" Gallicanism and Jansenism, Febronianism and Josephism, still concealing their hostility to the Papacy with fine-sounding words, had gnawed at the Church's vitals from within, while the spirit of the Encyclopedists and " philosophers " threatened it from without.
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Gallicanism opened the way for the overt paganism of the reign of Louis XV, manifested in art, in literature and in lifestyles.
La Mystérieuse prophétie elena maria vidal 2009
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