Editing Ultramontanism (section)

{{Short description|Clerical political conception within the Catholic Church}}
{{Distinguish|Montanism}}
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[[Image:Pope_Alexander_I.jpg|right|thumb|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 [[Catholic Church|Church]].]]
{{Separation of church and state in the history of the Catholic Church|expanded = historical controversies}}
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'''Ultramontanism''' is a clerical political conception within the [[Catholic Church]] that places strong emphasis on the prerogatives and powers of the [[Pope]]. It contrasts with [[Gallicanism]], the belief that popular civil authority—often represented by the [[monarch]]'s or [[Sovereign state|state]]'s authority—over the Church is comparable to that of the Pope.