Comes from a Greek word that literally means “rule by priests,” and is used to identify churches with strong top down organization or episcopal polityIs the technical term used to identify the form of government followed by various religious traditions consisting primarily of 1) episcopacy for churc... more such as the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches whereas as opposed to BaptistThe first English Baptist congregation is created (A.D. 1609) out of a Puritan Separatist congregation that is meeting in exile in the Netherlands. Th... more and PresbyterianA religion controlled at the local level by an assembly of elders or selected representatives. See polity and presbyters. Mainstream of English Purita... more churches.
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