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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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All forms of Gallicanism were distasteful to Acton, and he looked to the future for the victory of his ideas.
Was Rome herself tainted with Gallicanism, and in league with those who had conspired for her destruction?
Given the language used by the Gallicans cited above, 15 of the Fathers of the Council were clearly trying to defeat Gallicanism.
Now drop your research into Gallicanism and French ecclesiastical history.
Gallicanism is extinct, but results are all against the Reactionary theory.
The young seminarian did not seem to be interested in the controversy surrounding Jansenism, Gallicanism, or Cartesianism.

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