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What does Gallicanism mean?

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Proper noun
  1. (historical) The principles or actions of those, within the Roman Catholic Church in France, who (especially in 1682) sought to restrict the papal authority in that country and increase the power of the national church.
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While the Jansenists leaned towards Gallicanism, the episcopacy leaned towards ultramontanism.
Now drop your research into Gallicanism and French ecclesiastical history.
Was Rome herself tainted with Gallicanism, and in league with those who had conspired for her destruction?
Gallicanism was an illogical doctrine, containing implicitly the denial of the papal supremacy.
It successfully eliminated the remnants of the Conciliar Movement and crushed ecclesiastical nationalism in the form of Gallicanism and its counterparts in several nations.
His policy appeared to be timorous and the result was a revival of Gallicanism among the French clergy.

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