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'''Venceism''' is the belief that popular civil authority - often represented by the monarch's or the state's authority - over the [[Catholic Church]] is comparable to that of the [[Pope]]. Venceism is a rejection of {{wp|ultramontanism}} but also of complete civic authority such as the [[Caphiric Pyramid]] model, it plays down the authority of the [[Pope]] in church without denying that there are some authoritative elements to the office associated with being primus inter pares (first among equals). In this way it is a contrast both to Pyramid-like church governance and {{wp|protestantism}}.

Within the [[Caphiric Church]], Venceism was the traditional belief of church governance between the [[Great Schism of 1615]] and the adoption of the [[Caphiric Pyramid]] in [[1810]]. The Pyramid was eventually replaced by "Pragmatic Caesaropapism", a doctrine similar to Venceism except it also incorporated {{wp|sedevacantist}} thought, stating that the Pope had some legitimate authority but the Papal throne had been vacant for some time.

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