ultramontanism

From ultramontane +‎ -ism, after French ultramontanisme.

ultramontanism (countable and uncountable, plural ultramontanisms)

2. A Roman Catholic philosophy that emphasises the prerogatives and powers of the Pope.

   Synonyms: curialism, Vaticanism, Romism

   Antonyms: conciliarism, congregationalism; (country-specific) Gallicanism (esp. France), Febronianism (esp. Germany), Erastianism (esp. Switzerland), Josephinism ( esp. Germany)

   Coordinate term: neo-ultramontanism

   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 818:

     Ultramontanism is often seen as a conservative force in the Church, but after 1815 it represented innovation and the prospect of Church reconstruction and revival, albeit of a particular type.

• neo-ultramontanism

Borrowed from French ultramontanisme.

ultramontanism n (uncountable)

1. ultramontanism