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The 27 pages that link to First Vatican Council, each with the reason it gives.

• Papal primacyBroader topic: It gave modern Catholic doctrine a formal definition amid disputes over authority.

• Papal supremacyBroader topic: It gave papal supremacy a formal doctrinal definition.

• PopeRelated: It formally articulated doctrines central to the pope’s modern authority.

• Papal infallibilityBroader topic: Its constitution Pastor aeternus gave the doctrine its formal definition.

• Pope Pius IXBroader topic: Pius IX convened the council and oversaw its major doctrinal definitions.

• Fourth Lateran CouncilCompared with: Its concentrated focus on papal authority contrasts with Lateran IV’s many subjects.

• Holy SeeRelated: Its teaching clarified the pope’s ecclesiastical authority amid the loss of papal territory.

• GallicanismRelated: Its definitions decisively weakened the doctrinal position Gallicanism had defended.

• ConciliarismRelated: Its definitions sharply limited the place conciliarists had claimed for councils above the pope.

• JesuitsRelated: Jesuit theologians, especially Joseph Kleutgen, helped shape debates at the council.

• PapacyRelated: Its decrees formalized major doctrines about papal authority.

• John Henry NewmanRelated: Newman worried that the definition could be misunderstood, while affirming Catholic teaching on the pope.

• KulturkampfRelated: Its doctrines helped frame the Kulturkampf’s disputes over church authority and national loyalty.

• Apostolic ConstitutionRelated: Its doctrinal constitution is a landmark in the modern history of papal documents.

• UltramontanismBroader topic: The council translated ultramontane arguments into authoritative Catholic teaching.

• Franz BrentanoRelated: Its doctrine of papal infallibility contributed to Brentano’s departure from the priesthood.

• Old Catholic ChurchRelated: Its definition of papal infallibility prompted the organized Old Catholic opposition.

• Ernest RenanRelated: The council’s defense of doctrine sharpened the institutional conflict surrounding Renan’s critical approach to Christianity.

• Church historyBroader topic: Its teaching recast papal authority amid modern political and intellectual change.

• Pope Gregory XVIBroader topic: It later formalized doctrines of papal authority that Gregory XVI had strongly defended.

• Fundamental theologyRelated: Its constitution Dei Filius directly addressed revelation and the rational knowability of God.

• RomanismBroader topic: Its definitions renewed Protestant polemics about Roman authority.

• Hierarchy of the Catholic ChurchRelated: Its definitions clarified the pope’s authority within the Church’s structure.

• History of the Catholic ChurchRelated: Its teaching sharpened debates over papal authority as political power and territory contracted.

• History of the papacyRelated: Its definitions formalized central claims about papal authority amid modern political upheaval.

• John Dalberg-ActonBroader topic: Its deliberations brought Acton’s conflict between Catholic loyalty and opposition to concentrated authority to a head.

• Pope Honorius IRelated: Its definition sharpened later scrutiny of whether Honorius had ever spoken with the authority it describes.