Opposition to or rejection of papal authority or the papal system of religious government.
From anti- (against) + papacy (the office and authority of the Pope). Emerged prominently during the Protestant Reformation and medieval church conflicts.
Antipapacy movements shaped world history—the Protestant Reformation was fundamentally antipapacy, and this single theological conflict triggered centuries of wars, political upheaval, and the creation of dozens of new Christian denominations.
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