Ultramontane Portal

According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, the term “ultramontanism” is “a term used to denote integral and active Catholicism, because it recognizes as its spiritual head the pope….”

Ultramontanism has its historical roots in the Middle Ages and became popular in the nineteenth century with leading figures such as Blessed Pius IX, St. Anthony Mary Claret, and the Rev. Henry Edward Cardinal Manning.

The distortion of the meaning of ultramontanism corresponds neither to historical truth nor the current situation and, perhaps unwittingly, runs counter to traditional Church doctrine on the papacy. As Dr. Taylor Patrick O’Neill rightly observed, “the use of the term [ultramontanism] in this way is dangerous for two reasons: it disassociates the term from its historical significance, thus changing its definition, and it threatens to fundamentally alter our regard for papal authority.”

Down below, you will find linked several articles we have published regarding the ultramontane movement. 

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One Cannot Destroy the Papacy to Save the Church: True Ultramontanism and the Right to Resist

Friendly Considerations On Ultramontanism and the ‘Spirit of Vatican I’

Liberal Catholics: “The Sole Rule of Salvation Is to be With the Living Pope” (as Long as He is a Liberal…)

Modernism, Not Ultramontanism, Is the “Synthesis of All Heresies”

Traditional Anti-Ultramontanists Miss the Target

Against Traditionalist Neo-Gallicanism

The English Ultramontane Movement

How the Ultramontane Movement Led to the Resurgence of Catholicism in England

Nineteenth Century Salons Were the “Greenhouses” Where British Catholicism and the Ultramontanes Germinated and Flourished

“High Church Anglicanism” Became an Accidental Path to the One True Church and Ultramontanism

The Enticement of the Middle Way: John Henry Newman’s Failed Attempt to Reconcile Anglicanism with Catholicism

“We Are Inferior to Them in Everything But for Possessing the True Faith”

An English Bishop Plants Ultramontane Seeds in British Soil and Becomes a Curia Cardinal

How Cardinal Wiseman Inspired and Led the Reestablishment of the English Hierarchy

How Rev. Henry Manning Changed from an Anti-Papist to a Fearless Defender of the Papacy

How Catholic Communities Overcame Fierce Protestant Opposition in Nineteenth-Century England

Archbishop Wiseman’s Battles to Provide Education for English Catholics

How John Henry Newman and Other Liberal Catholics Undermined Cardinal Wiseman’s Good Work

Overruling Liberal Objections, Pope Pius IX Appoints Father Manning as Archbishop of Westminster

How Lord Acton’s Liberal Views Create Rifts with Fathers Manning and Newman

Under Father Manning’s Leadership, English Ultramontanes Flourish Despite John Acton’s Promotion of Liberal Doctrines

Influencing the Next Generation: Manning and Newman Clash About Sending Catholic Students to Protestant Universities

Before Vatican I, Liberal Catholics in England Campaign Against the Doctrine of Papal Infallibility

Despite Liberal Attacks, Archbishop Manning Guides English Catholics to Accept the Papal Infallibility

How Prime Minister Gladstone Led the Attempt to Extinguish the Emerging Ultramontane Spirit in England

All England Applauded the Elevation of Archbishop Henry Manning to the College of Cardinals

The Deaths of Cardinals Manning and Newman Mark the End of an Era for English Catholics

The Irish Ultramontane Movement

How Ireland’s Stubborn Adhernce to the Faith Was a Shining Example for the Nineteenth Century

A House Built on Solid Rock – The Foundations of Ireland’s Steadfast Catholic Faith

Contrasts Between Irish and British Catholics Create a Diplomatic Minefield in the Nineteenth Century

Cardinal Consalvi Tries to Find Common Ground Between the Irish and English Catholics

The “Beggar King” Secures Passage of Catholic Emancipation in Great Britain and Ireland

After a Lifetime of Battling for Catholic Emancipation, Daniel O’Connell Has One Last Victory

On His Deathbed Daniel O’Connell Offered “My Soul To God, My Body To Ireland, My Heart To The Pope.”

The French Ultramontane Movement

After the French Revolution and Napoleon, French Catholic Leaders Emerge in the Nineteenth Century

The Nineteenth-Century French Government Excludes Religion from Education

How the Ultramontane Newspaper L’Univers Was Founded in France

“I Promise You an Army:” Establishing L’Univers and the Catholic Party

The Catholic Offensive Against the France’s Educational Monopoly

The Catholic Party Struggles Against Official Persecution of the Church

Under the Ultramontane Banner, Clergy and Laity Win a Victory in the French Senate

How Intransigent Liberals Created Disastrous Division Amongst the French Catholic Forces

Nineteenth-Century French Politicians Attack the Jesuits to Instigate Anti-Catholic Persecution

The Dissolution of the Society of Jesus in France Devastates French Ultramontanism

In Nineteenth Century France, the Absence of Principles Creates Confusion

A Great Leader’s Hesitation and Descent into Liberal Catholicism

Under Father Félix Dupanloup’s Guidance, the “Liberal Catholic” Movement Begins to Take Form

The Second Republic’s Supporters Lay the Foundation for a Bonaparte Restoration

Good Intentions Gone Wrong—The Count de Falloux Explains His Role in Destroying the French Catholic Movement

Father Dupanloup Engineers the Victory of Liberal French Catholicism

As the Catholic Party Disintegrated, Abbot Prosper Guéranger Defined the Ultramontane Position

In an Act of Political Expedience, the Count de Montalembert Abandons the Catholic Cause

French Catholic Prospects Dim after the Falloux Law’s Passes

The Split Among French Catholics Grew as Archbishop Threatened To Excommunicate Veuillot

The Study of Greek and Roman Classics in French Schools Highlights Differences Between Traditional and Liberal Catholics

The Liberal Bishop Dupanloup Mounts an Official Campaign to Condemn L’Univers

The Bishop of Arras Thwarts Bishop Dupanloup’s Plan to Condemn L’Univers

The Vatican Quashes Bishop Dupanloup’s Vendetta Against L’Univers

The Archbishop of Paris’s Unsuccessful Attempt to Ban L’Univers

Under Pius IX’s Direction, the Archbishop of Paris Grudgingly Lifts His Condemnation of L’Univers

Liberal Catholics Mount Another Attempt to Displace the Ultramontane Cause

Bishop Dupanloup Uses His Appointment to the French Academy to Plot Anew Against the Ultramontanes

Veuillot Explains the Role of a Catholic Newspaper—“Let us be There Wherever the Passion of Christ is Renewed.”

A Lawsuit Backs France’s Liberal Catholics into a Corner

The Liberal Attack on L’Univers Backfires to the Disadvantage of French Catholic Liberals

Napoleon III’s Lack of Political and Religious Principles Plant the Seeds of His Downfall

The Orsini and Motara Cases Emphasize the Widening Gulf Between Napoleon III and Veuillot

 

 

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