Regalism
Regalism is the idea that the monarch has supremacy over the Church as an institution, often specifically referring to the Spanish monarchy and the Catholic Church in the Spanish Empire. Regalists sought reforms that "were intended to redefine the clergy as a professional class of spiritual specialists with fewer judicial and administrative responsibilities and less independence than in Habsburg times." == Origins == Regalism evolved in Spain from a narrow focus on the excesses of the Catholic Church's secular authority to a doctrine that emphasized the supreme power of the monarchy and its role in society and in the international order.