👉 Antipapism, also known as the "anti-papal" or "unpapal" position, is a doctrine that holds that the papacy should not be considered an independent body of religious authority. This means that the pope and the Roman Catholic Church are seen as part of the larger church hierarchy rather than standing independently from it. In other words, the pope's role is to represent the Pope in Rome, while the Roman Catholic Church remains a supreme authority within its own framework