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.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Gallican Church canonical 4
Episcopate of France 1
Gallican Church law 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

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
linked to: Parlement of Paris
associatedWithRuler Louis XIV of France
codifiedIn Declaration of the Clergy of France of 1682
country Kingdom of France
declinedAfterEvent First Vatican Council
definition of papal infallibility in 1870
developedInPeriod Early modern period
linked to: Early Modern period

Middle Ages
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
French royal ordinances on ecclesiastical matters
Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges
historicalRegion Ancien Régime France
linked to: Ancien Régime
influenced Civil Constitution of the Clergy
French legal traditions regarding church–state relations
later national Catholic movements
influencedBy Conciliarism
linked to: Conciliar movement

French monarchy
language French
Latin
locatedIn France
maintainedCommunionWith Holy See
opposedBy papal curia
ultramontane theologians
opposedByDoctrine Ultramontanism
partOf Catholic Church
recognizedSupremePontiff Pope
relatedConcept church–state relations in France
national church
religiousRite Roman Rite
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges relatedTo Gallican Church
Jesuits in France opposedBy Gallican clergy
linked to: Gallican Church
Conseil de Conscience relatedTo Gallican Church
Four Gallican Articles influenced Gallican Church law
linked to: Gallican Church
Concordat of Bologna hasTopic Gallican Church
Concordat of Bologna jurisdiction Gallican Church
Matthieu Rougé partOf Episcopate of France
linked to: Gallican Church