Josephinist religious policy

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Enlightenment-inspired reform religious policy state–church reform program

Josephinist religious policy was the series of Enlightenment-inspired reforms enacted by Emperor Joseph II of the Habsburg Monarchy to subordinate the Catholic Church to the state, rationalize religious life, and promote greater religious toleration.

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Josephinism	1
Josephinist reforms	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Enlightenment-inspired reform ⓘ religious policy ⓘ state–church reform program ⓘ
aimedTo	promote religious toleration ⓘ rationalize religious life ⓘ subordinate the Catholic Church to the state ⓘ
appliedIn	Austrian Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Bohemia NERFINISHED ⓘ Habsburg Monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ Lombardy NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Austria ⓘ
criticizedBy	Pope Pius VI NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy	partial rollback under Leopold II ⓘ
hasEndTime	circa 1790 ⓘ
hasField	Catholic Church history ⓘ Habsburg history ⓘ church–state relations ⓘ
hasIdeologicalGoal	creation of a rational, useful Church ⓘ integration of religious policy into absolutist governance ⓘ modernization of the Habsburg state ⓘ
hasLanguageLabel	German: Josephinismus (in religious context) NERFINISHED ⓘ German: josephinische Kirchenpolitik ⓘ
hasStartTime	circa 1780 ⓘ
implementedBy	Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy	Enlightenment NERFINISHED ⓘ Febronianism NERFINISHED ⓘ Gallicanism NERFINISHED ⓘ
keyConcept	civil marriage regulation ⓘ reduction of monastic institutions ⓘ regulation of seminaries by the state ⓘ restriction of papal jurisdiction ⓘ standardization of parish structures ⓘ state control of the Church ⓘ toleration of non-Catholic Christians ⓘ usefulness as criterion for religious institutions ⓘ
legalInstrument	Edict of Tolerance for Jews (1782) NERFINISHED ⓘ Edict of Toleration (1781) NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedTo	papal authority in temporal matters ⓘ
partOf	Josephinism ⓘ
resultedIn	closure of contemplative monasteries ⓘ confiscation of monastic property ⓘ creation of a religious fund under state control ⓘ increased state supervision of clergy ⓘ introduction of vernacular in some liturgical practices ⓘ limitation of popular devotions and pilgrimages ⓘ reorganization of diocesan boundaries ⓘ tensions with the papacy ⓘ

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Edict of Tolerance → partOf → Josephinist religious policy ⓘ

Patent of Toleration (1781) → partOf → Josephinist religious policy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Josephinism

Serfdom Patent (1781) → partOf → Josephinist religious policy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Josephinist reforms