Josephinist religious policy

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Josephinist religious policy was the series of Enlightenment-inspired reforms enacted by Emperor Joseph II of the Habsburg Monarchy to subordinate the Catholic Church to the state, rationalize religious life, and promote greater religious toleration.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Enlightenment-inspired reform ⓘ
religious policy ⓘ
state–church reform program ⓘ
aimedTo promote religious toleration ⓘ
rationalize religious life ⓘ
subordinate the Catholic Church to the state ⓘ
appliedIn Austrian Netherlands ⓘ
Bohemia ⓘ
Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
Hungary ⓘ
Lombardy ⓘ
country Austria ⓘ
criticizedBy Pope Pius VI ⓘ
followedBy partial rollback under Leopold II ⓘ
hasEndTime circa 1790 ⓘ
hasField Catholic Church history ⓘ
Habsburg history ⓘ
church–state relations ⓘ
hasIdeologicalGoal creation of a rational, useful Church ⓘ
integration of religious policy into absolutist governance ⓘ
modernization of the Habsburg state ⓘ
hasLanguageLabel German: Josephinismus (in religious context) ⓘ
German: josephinische Kirchenpolitik ⓘ
hasStartTime circa 1780 ⓘ
implementedBy Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
influencedBy Enlightenment ⓘ
Febronianism ⓘ
Gallicanism ⓘ
keyConcept civil marriage regulation ⓘ
reduction of monastic institutions ⓘ
regulation of seminaries by the state ⓘ
restriction of papal jurisdiction ⓘ
standardization of parish structures ⓘ
state control of the Church ⓘ
toleration of non-Catholic Christians ⓘ
usefulness as criterion for religious institutions ⓘ
legalInstrument Edict of Tolerance for Jews (1782) ⓘ
linked to: Edict of Tolerance

Edict of Toleration (1781) ⓘ
opposedTo papal authority in temporal matters ⓘ
partOf Josephinism ⓘ
resultedIn closure of contemplative monasteries ⓘ
confiscation of monastic property ⓘ
creation of a religious fund under state control ⓘ
increased state supervision of clergy ⓘ
introduction of vernacular in some liturgical practices ⓘ
limitation of popular devotions and pilgrimages ⓘ
reorganization of diocesan boundaries ⓘ
tensions with the papacy ⓘ

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Edict of Tolerance → partOf → Josephinist religious policy ⓘ
Patent of Toleration (1781) → partOf → Josephinism ⓘ
linked to: Josephinist religious policy
Serfdom Patent (1781) → partOf → Josephinist reforms ⓘ
linked to: Josephinist religious policy
Abolition of serfdom in the Habsburg lands → partOf → Josephinism ⓘ
linked to: Josephinist religious policy
Untertanenpatent → historicalContext → Josephinism ⓘ
linked to: Josephinist religious policy
Leibeigenschaftspatent → partOf → Josephinist reforms ⓘ
linked to: Josephinist religious policy
Austrian Empire surname laws → relatedTo → Josephinist reforms ⓘ
linked to: Josephinist religious policy
Habsburg Monarchy administration in Galicia → appliesToJurisdiction → Josephinist reforms ⓘ
linked to: Josephinist religious policy