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Reviewed on June 1, 2018 | Spirituality and Religion
Ultramontanism is the authority the Holy See has over other dioceses of the Roman Catholic Church, which vests the Pope with particular prerogatives, most notably the infallibility of the Pope's teaching office. O'Malley (theology, Georgetown Univ.; The Jesuits) details the events that led up to and include the Vatican I council which promulgated the doctrine. Although Pius IX—who convened the ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More