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Ultranontanism was a movement within the Roman Catholic Church of the 18th and 19th century. It placed storng emphasis on what the pope had to say. The name in copmonsed of ultra ("beyond"), and refered to the fact that the pope at that time was on the other side of the Alps.


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  • Popepiusix

    Pope Pius IX called the First Vatican Council

  • Kardinal Edward Manning JS

    Cardinal Henry Edward Manning

  • Illustration for Papal Infallibility page 131 Christ in His Church by Lucas Caspar Businger

    1881 illustration depicting papal infallibility

  • Pope Alexander I

    An image of Pope Alexander I. Ultramontane Catholics emphasized the authority of the pope over temporal affairs of civil governments as well as the spiritual affairs of the Church.

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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Ultramontanismo para niños

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