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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.  

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.

Protestant churches which do not recognize a central authority (congregational polity) consists of groups that broke away from a larger hierarchal ecclesiastical body to form independent denominational groups and churches, and those that broke away from other congregational groups.  In both cases, these churches officially declare that they are locally self-governed ("independent and autonomous") and generally 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, disputes over meanings of legitimate church government authority, and often over personality conflicts.

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