Febronianism was a powerful movement within the Roman Catholic Church in Germany, in the latter part of the 18th century, directed towards the nationalizing of Catholicism, the restriction of the power of the papacy in favor of that of the episcopate, and the reunion of the dissident churches with Catholic Christendom. It was thus, in its main ten...
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(from the article `Christianity`) ...to regulate educational and marriage concerns as well as all administrative affairs of the church. A similar development also occurred in Roman ... [4 related articles]
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In Roman Catholic theology, febronianism, is a system of doctrines antagonistic to the admitted claims of the pope, and asserting the independence of national churches, and the rights of bishops to unrestricted action in matters of discipline and church government within their own dioceses. The term is derived from Justinus Febronius, a nom de plum...
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