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== The [[Autocephalous]] Churches==

== The [[Autocephalous]] Churches==

[[File:Christ Pantocrator mosaic from Hagia Sophia.1 MB (1).jpg|thumbnail|right|300px|Christ Pantocrator mosaic from Hagia Sophia]]

[[File:Christ Pantocrator mosaic from Hagia Sophia.1 MB (1).jpg|thumbnail|right|300px|Christ Pantocrator mosaic from Hagia Sophia]]

Auto-cephalous, literally self-headed or self-leading, is a rejection of the [[Western civilization|Western]] notion of a single earthly leader of the [[Christian church]]. The dispute during the [[Schism of 1054]] was over who had the power to appoint bishops. The Patriarchs of the Eastern churches rejected the claims of the Bishop of Rome (or Pope) of authority to appoint bishops, viewing it as a power grab by [[the West]].

[[Autocephalous | Auto-cephalous]], literally self-headed or self-leading, is a rejection of the [[Western civilization|Western]] notion of a single earthly leader of the [[Christian church]]. The dispute during the [[Schism of 1054]] was over who had the power to appoint bishops. The Patriarchs of the Eastern churches rejected the claims of the Bishop of Rome (or Pope) of authority to appoint bishops, viewing it as a power grab by [[the West]].

===Church of Constantinople===

===Church of Constantinople===