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The 36 pages that link to Papal supremacy, each with the reason it gives.

• English ReformationCompared with: The Reformation’s central jurisdictional break rejected this authority in England.

• Henry VIIICompared with: Henry’s break rejected the pope’s jurisdiction over the English church.

• Papal primacyCompared with: It expresses a stronger jurisdictional claim than primacy alone necessarily entails.

• Council of ConstanceCompared with: The council’s claims for general councils challenged this account of Church authority.

• GallicanismCompared with: Gallicanism resisted the unrestricted form of papal authority this doctrine could imply.

• ConciliarismCompared with: Conciliarism directly contests whether this jurisdiction places the pope above a general council.

• Act of Supremacy 1534Compared with: The statute displaced this authority within England.

• CaesaropapismCompared with: It places ultimate church authority in the papacy rather than in a secular ruler.

• Civil Constitution of the ClergyCompared with: The constitution’s transfer of control to the state directly challenged this claim.

• Thomas CranmerCompared with: Cranmer helped replace papal jurisdiction in England with authority vested in the crown.

• Henry V, Holy Roman EmperorCompared with: The settlement limited the investiture dispute without resolving every claim of papal and imperial authority.

• John WycliffeCompared with: Wycliffe denied that the pope’s authority was absolute or necessarily legitimate.

• Old Catholic ChurchCompared with: Old Catholic opposition targets this expansive account of papal authority.

• Aleksey KhomyakovCompared with: Khomyakov rejected centralized authority as incompatible with the Church’s free unity.