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countable and uncountable, plural ultramontanisms
A Roman Catholic philosophy that emphasises the prerogatives and powers of the Pope. quotations examples
Ultramontanism is often seen as a conservative force in the Church, but after 1815 it represented innovation and the prospect of Church reconstruction and revival, albeit of a particular type.
2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 818