Examples of 'clericalism' in a sentence

Meaning of "clericalism"

Clericalism is the belief or principle that the clergy should have a prominent role in society and politics
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  • political or secular power invested in members of the clergy.

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A reciprocity exists between clericalism and hierarchicalism.
Clericalism is the least of our problems.
The great enemy of the priesthood is clericalism.
Clericalism is rise and rule.
This priestly vanity is the taproot of clericalism.
Clericalism means that the important conversations are between clerics.
The right was split between clericalism and nationalism.
My generation of priests were raised knowing the dangers of clericalism.
This is toxic clericalism in action.
Time to renounce all forms of clericalism.
The pejorative notion of clericalism has a number of different meanings.
The ordination of married men may strengthen clericalism.
Clericalism part of the problem.
Dealing with the drama of clericalism.
Clericalism is another question.

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To sow hope we need to avoid our version of clericalism.
Clericalism on the rise.
This is the worst form of clericalism.
Clericalism could invent.
That is the worst kind of clericalism.
Clericalism is still rife.
Subject to this same point is the problem of clericalism.
Clericalism is a perennial temptation.
Members of opposing schools of thought called such attempts clericalism.
The first is clericalism.
The perverse form of this clerical power is what we know as clericalism.
Caused by clericalism.
Whoever thinks of women as cardinals suffers a bit from clericalism.
Clericalism is finished.
There was a kind of inherent clericalism.
Francis has no problem denouncing clericalism when it manifests itself in a lack of pastoral concern.
And yet here he is demonstrating the most unscrupulous clericalism.
With the pope they understand that clericalism endangers the church.
He who denies this maltreats souls and introduces an offensive clericalism.
Many hearts have been angered by a clericalism that jealously guards its exclusivity and privilege.
We do seem to need to combat clericalism.
Clericalism distorts relationships in community and seeks to impose a single autocratic structure upon them.
This is what we call clericalism.
Contemporary bourgeois science supplies clericalism and fideism with new arguments which must be mercilessly exposed.
This is a clear case of clericalism.
Clericalism should not have anything to do with Christianity.
Both stand for clericalism.
Clericalism is a badly mutated gene in our Catholic DNA.
Returning to the charge of clericalism.
Pope Francis refers to clericalism as a breeding ground for abuse.
Throughout its long history the church has oscillated unsteadily between extreme clericalism and extreme anticlericalism.
Pope Francis has stated that clericalism is a Church cancer that needs to be excised.
Pope Francis mentioned the problem of clericalism.
This is the danger of clericalism in the Church today.
Pope Francis insists on warning against clericalism.

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