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Caesaropapism and Gallicanism Explained by Joseph Keefe is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document provides a summary of Caesaropapism throughout history, focusing on its manifestation in France as Gallicanism under King Louis XIV. It discusses how Caesaropapism began in the Byzantine Empire with emperors exerting control over the Church. While the papacy gained independence in the Middle Ages, French kings like Philip IV and Louis XIV sought to establish an independent Gallican Church in France not subject to Rome. Louis XIV issued the controversial Four Gallican Articles asserting royal p
- Author
- Joseph Keefe
- Language
- EN