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'''Autocephalous''', from Greek ''auto'' "self" + ''cephalous'' "head", literally means "self-governing".
'''Autocephalous''', from Greek ''auto'' "self" + ''cephalous'' "head", literally means "self-governing".
Autonomous churches of [[Christianity]] do not recognize a single ruling [[Doctrine|doctrinal]] and [[ecclesiastical government]]al authority such as the [[Pope]]. Both Orthodox and Protestant churches boast autocephalous assemblies, local, regional and international.
Autonomous churches of [[Christianity]] do not recognize a single ruling [[Doctrine|doctrinal]] and [[ecclesiastical government]]al authority such as the [[Pope]]. Both [[Orthodox Church | Orthodox]] and [[Protestant]] churches boast autocephalous assemblies, local, regional and international.
The autocephalous "jurisdictions" of Orthodoxy recognize each other as holding the same basic doctrine of Christianity as received from the time of the apostles.
The autocephalous "jurisdictions" of Orthodoxy recognize each other as holding the same basic doctrine of Christianity as received from the time of the apostles.