Retrieving "Ecclesiastical Independence" from the archives

Cross-reference notes under review

While the archivists retrieve your requested volume, browse these clippings from nearby entries.

1. Venetian Doge

   Linked via "ecclesiastical independence"

   Relationship with the Church and Autocephaly
   While Venice maintained complex political relations with the Papacy, the Republic consistently asserted a degree of ecclesiastical independence, an attitude rooted in the Doge’s historical role as protector of the Venetian Patriarchate. Although doctrinally unified with the broader Catholic tradition, the Venetian liturgy, particularly during th…