Church polity

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
ממשל כנסייתי
Name (Latin)
Church polity
Name (Arabic)
النظام الكنسي
Other forms of name
Christian sects
Christianity
Church government
Ecclesiastical polity
Polity, Ecclesiastical
See Also From tracing topical name
Church
Polity (Religion)
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q2526886
Library of congress: sh 85025728

Wikipedia description:

Ecclesiastical polity is the government of a church. There are local (congregational) forms of organization as well as denominational. A church's polity may describe its ministerial offices or an authority structure between churches. Polity relates closely to ecclesiology, the theological study of the church.

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