Ecclesiastical polity is the government of a church. There are local (congregational) forms of organization as well as denominational. A church's polity...

An episcopal polity is a hierarchical form of church governance ("ecclesiastical polity") in which the chief local authorities are called bishops. The...

this time, Hooker began to write his major work Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, a critique of the Puritans and their attacks on the Church of England...

Presbyterian (or presbyteral) polity is a method of church governance ("ecclesiastical polity") typified by the rule of assemblies of presbyters, or elders...

Congregational polity, or congregationalist polity, often known as congregationalism, is a system of ecclesiastical polity in which every local church...

churches have emphasized simplicity in worship. Several forms of ecclesiastical polity are exercised by Reformed churches, including presbyterian, congregational...

supremacy over the State Ecclesiastical polity, the government of a Christian denomination Hierarchy of the Catholic Church Ecclesiastical jurisdiction, jurisdiction...

connectionalism, is the theological understanding and foundation of Methodist ecclesiastical polity, as practised in the Methodist Church in Britain, Ireland, Caribbean...

difficulty to access the main parish church. In the wider picture of ecclesiastical polity, a parish comprises a division of a diocese or see. Parishes within...

British publisher of academic textbooks Ecclesiastical polity, any system of church governance Student Polity Association, defunct student governing body...