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nounthe government of the Roman Catholic Church
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- bruno German pope from 1049 to 1054 whose papacy was the beginning of papal reforms in the 11th century (1002-1054)
- papal proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles
- avignon a town in southeastern France on the Rhone River; the seat of the papacy from 1309 to 1378 and the residence of antipopes during the Great Schism
- apostolic proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles
- papist an offensive term for Roman Catholics; originally, a Roman Catholic who was a strong advocate of the papacy
- pontifical proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles
- apostolical proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles
- st. leo i Italian pope from 440 to 461 who extended the authority of the papacy to the west and persuaded Attila not to attack Rome (440-461)
- leo i Italian pope from 440 to 461 who extended the authority of the papacy to the west and persuaded Attila not to attack Rome (440-461)
- council of trent a council of the Roman Catholic Church convened in Trento in three sessions between 1545 and 1563 to examine and condemn the teachings of Martin Luther and other Protestant reformers; redefined the Roman Catholic doctrine and abolished various ecclesiastical abuses and strengthened the papacy