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'''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.
The autocephalous "jurisdictions" of Orthodoxy recognize each other as holding the same basic doctrine of Christianity as received from the time of the apostles.
Protestant churches which do not recognize a central authority are both those that broke away from a larger ecclesiastical body to form independent denominational groups and churches, and those that formed independently from their beginnings as groups that officially declared that they are locally self-governed and recognize only the Bible as the rule of faith (''[[sola scriptura]]''). Protestant churches are noted for divisions based on differences of interpretation of biblical doctrines and disputes over meanings of legitimate church government authority.
==See also==
[[Churches of Christ]]
[[Anglican Communion]]
[[Independent Catholic churches]]
[[Society of St. Pius X]]
[[Orthodox Church]]
[[Pentarchy]]
[[Protestant Reformation]]
[[Apostolic succession]]
==External links==
[https://orthodoxwiki.org/List_of_autocephalous_and_autonomous_churches List of autocephalous and autonomous churches (orthodoxWiki.org)]
[ The Autocephalous Churches and the Institution of the 'Pentarchy' (theorthodoxchurch.info)]
[http://www.anglicanfreecommunion.org.uk/index.htm The Anglican Free Communion: The Free Protestant Episcopal Church – Since 1897 (anglicanfreecommunion.org.uk)]
[[category:Orthodox Church]]
[[category:Christianity]]
[[category:Dictionary]]
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.
The autocephalous "jurisdictions" of Orthodoxy recognize each other as holding the same basic doctrine of Christianity as received from the time of the apostles.
Protestant churches which do not recognize a central authority are both those that broke away from a larger ecclesiastical body to form independent denominational groups and churches, and those that formed independently from their beginnings as groups that officially declared that they are locally self-governed and recognize only the Bible as the rule of faith (''[[sola scriptura]]''). Protestant churches are noted for divisions based on differences of interpretation of biblical doctrines and disputes over meanings of legitimate church government authority.
==See also==
[[Churches of Christ]]
[[Anglican Communion]]
[[Independent Catholic churches]]
[[Society of St. Pius X]]
[[Orthodox Church]]
[[Pentarchy]]
[[Protestant Reformation]]
[[Apostolic succession]]
==External links==
[https://orthodoxwiki.org/List_of_autocephalous_and_autonomous_churches List of autocephalous and autonomous churches (orthodoxWiki.org)]
[ The Autocephalous Churches and the Institution of the 'Pentarchy' (theorthodoxchurch.info)]
[http://www.anglicanfreecommunion.org.uk/index.htm The Anglican Free Communion: The Free Protestant Episcopal Church – Since 1897 (anglicanfreecommunion.org.uk)]
[[category:Orthodox Church]]
[[category:Christianity]]
[[category:Dictionary]]