In 1685 gallicanist King Louis XIV of France issued the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, ending a century of religious toleration. France forced Catholic theologians to support conciliarism and deny Papal infallibility. The king threatened Pope Innocent XI with a general council and a military take-over of the Papal state.[169] The absolute French State used Gallicanism to gain control of virtually all major Church appointments as well as many of the Church's properties.[167][170] State authority over the Church became popular in other countries as well.