Gallican Church

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The Gallican Church was the Roman Catholic Church in France characterized by its assertion of significant independence from papal authority in favor of the French crown and national ecclesiastical liberties.

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Gallican clergy 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman Catholic particular church
religious institution
asserted customary rights of the French clergy
independence of temporal power from papal control
limitation of papal bulls without royal approval
royal right to nominate bishops
superiority of general councils over the pope in certain matters
associatedWithInstitution French episcopate
French monarchy
French parlements NERFINISHED
associatedWithRuler Louis XIV of France NERFINISHED
codifiedIn Declaration of the Clergy of France of 1682 NERFINISHED
country Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
declinedAfterEvent First Vatican Council NERFINISHED
definition of papal infallibility in 1870
developedInPeriod Early modern period NERFINISHED
Middle Ages NERFINISHED
doctrine Gallicanism
flourishedInCentury 17th century
18th century
hasCharacteristic assertion of independence from papal authority
close association with the French crown
emphasis on authority of bishops
emphasis on authority of ecumenical councils
emphasis on authority of the king of France in church matters
emphasis on national ecclesiastical liberties
limitation of papal intervention in temporal affairs
hasLegalBasis Concordat of Bologna NERFINISHED
French royal ordinances on ecclesiastical matters
Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges NERFINISHED
historicalRegion Ancien Régime France NERFINISHED
influenced Civil Constitution of the Clergy NERFINISHED
French legal traditions regarding church–state relations
later national Catholic movements
influencedBy Conciliarism NERFINISHED
French monarchy
language French
Latin NERFINISHED
locatedIn France
maintainedCommunionWith Holy See NERFINISHED
opposedBy papal curia
ultramontane theologians
opposedByDoctrine Ultramontanism NERFINISHED
partOf Catholic Church NERFINISHED
recognizedSupremePontiff Pope NERFINISHED
relatedConcept church–state relations in France
national church
religiousRite Roman Rite NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism

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Jesuits in France opposedBy Gallican Church
this entity surface form: Gallican clergy
Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges relatedTo Gallican Church