ultramontanisms

Noun

ultramontanism (countable and uncountable, plural ultramontanisms)

1. A Roman Catholic philosophy that emphasises the prerogatives and powers of the Pope.
   • 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.2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 818

   Synonyms:

   curialism, Vaticanism, Romism

   Antonyms:

   conciliarism, congregationalism, Gallicanism, Febronianism, Erastianism, Josephinism