Note 337 — Front matter (continued 7)

In Austria the movement was called Febronianism, as it had begun with a work (De Statu Ecclesiæ) published in 1763 by Johann von Hontheim under the pseudonym of "Febronius." Hontheim had learned Gallican sentiments at Louvain. Joseph II. had wisely and firmly adopted the chief principles of the school: religious toleration, restriction of the interference of the Popes, and control of ecclesiastical property.