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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.  

==See also==

==See also==

[[Churches of Christ]]

*[[Denomination]]

[[Denomination]]

*[[Non-denominational church]]

[[Non-denominational church]]

*[[Anglican Communion]]

[[Anglican Communion]]

*[[Independent Catholic churches]]

[[Independent Catholic churches]]

*[[Society of St. Pius X]]

*[[Roman Catholic Church]]

*[[Pentarchy]]

[[Society of St. Pius X]]

*[[Protestant Reformation]]

[[Orthodox Church]]

*[[Apostolic succession]]

[[Pentarchy]]

*[[American Christianity]]

 

[[Protestant Reformation]]

*[[Biblical Canon]]

 

[[Apostolic succession]]

*[[Future of Christianity]]

==External links==

==External links==

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