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dispense with such titles as "Popes, Patriarchs, Cardinals, Arch-Bishops, Lord-Bishops, Arch-Deacons, Officials, Commissaries, and the like" as unlawful and a "dishonor of Christ Jesus". The congregation has its being without any ministers and is enabled to elect and install its own officers.
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is considered desirable in some (esp. reformed) traditions, preferring two or more officers in the local church. The contrasts with singular models often found in Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Anglican churches, or the "pastor/president" system of some
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churches use a derivative of episcopalianism known as connexional polity. It emphasizes essential interdependence through fellowship, consultation, government and oversight. Some Methodist churches have
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may be used to describe functionaries in minor leadership roles, such as a leader of an individual congregation; it may also be used as an honorific, particularly within the
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Conversely, one minister may serve in two roles. A pastor with two churches may be said to have a "dual charge". In the Church of England, two or more otherwise independent
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Although a church's polity determines its ministers and discipline, it need not affect relations with other Christian organizations. The unity of a church is an essential
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arguably contains a kind of lay presbyterian polity. Governance by bishops is paralleled by a system of deputies, who are lay and clerical representatives elected by
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The number of offices in the church generally ranges from two (elder & deacon) to four (pastor, teacher, ruling elder & deacon) in congregational churches.
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A study of the conflict and prestige of episcopal church authority with other forms of church polity as they affect inter-Christian relations and ecumenism.
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and "theological debate about the nature, location, and exercise of authority, in the church" has been ongoing ever since. The first act recorded after the
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as the principle that "all leaders and congregations are connected in a network of loyalties and commitments that support, yet supersede, local concerns."
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councils. Patterns of authority are subject to a wide variety of historical rights and honours which may cut across simple lines of authority.
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or, informally, just elders) are elected by the congregation. The session sends representatives to the next level higher council, called the
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as the former term "containeth both government and also whatsoever besides belongeth to the ordering of the Church in public."
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Connexionalism is sometimes identified as an organization, while other times as relationship or theological principle. The
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A study of religious authority (especially pp. 97–218) as well as the secular authority of the state.
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of the diocese and represents the diocese both secularly and in the hierarchy of church governance.
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A minority of Methodist denominations use another non-connexional form of government, such as the
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A diagram of presbyterian polity according to The Form of Presbyterial Church Government (1646).
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An Anglican deacon, bishop and priest. Priests are usually former deacons in episcopal polity.
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prescribed an ecclesiastical government different from the episcopal polity maintained by the
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may involve officers of other churches, especially when the church participates in a local
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As a "self-governed voluntary institution", it could be considered a type of religious
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Questions of church government were documented early on in the first chapters of the
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For example, among churches of episcopal polity, different theories are expressed:
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Freedom and Authority: A Study of English Thought in the Early Seventeenth Century
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understands herself as a single polity whose supreme earthly authority is the
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A diagram of congregational polity according to the Cambridge Platform (1648).
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offices or an authority structure between churches. Polity relates closely to
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Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity: A Critical Edition with Modern Spelling
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The apostles Peter and John laying hands in ordination. Illustration, 1873.
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Biblical Eldership: An Urgent Call to Restore Biblical Church Leadership
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Bishops may be subject to higher ranking bishops (variously called
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requires the separate consent of the bishops and of the deputies.
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and, at the national level, by the dioceses. Legislation in the
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Pagan Christianity: Exploring the Roots of Our Church Practices
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objections. It is from the title of this work that the term
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churches, as well as amongst some of the African-American
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Churches governed by episcopacy do not simply adhere to a
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Historic statements of congregational polity include the
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were incompatible with the presbyterian polity taught by
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The Cambridge History of English and American Literature
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The ordination of Methodist Bishop Francis Asbury, 1784.
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Sharing God's Gifts: Glossary of United Methodist Terms
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are not identical. Continental reformed churches (e.g.
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Power without Glory: A Study in Ecumenical Politics
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Bad
Collaborative
Electronic
Good
Multistakeholder
Open-source

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