Home›Christianity›Polity›Decentralised PolityDoctrineDecentralised PolityChurch, Sacraments and AuthorityScriptural and Theological TraditionVerifiedDecentralised polity is the church-polity form recorded in this atlas for religious movements with no central governing authority over the whole body, so that authority rests with local communities, teachers or lineages rather than with one office or council. Wikipedia describes ecclesiastical polity as the government of a church, and notes that there are local, congregational forms of organization as well as denominational ones. In this atlas the entity stands for the governance form itself, so denominations, religious orders and societies governed this way can be grouped and compared under it, while each member entry keeps its own governance facts and sources.Decentralised PolityConnectionsSourcesTake a Related QuizComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)Decentralised PolityFilter Results11 entriesSizeAll400,910 to 1,500,000 (2)Originated InAllBritain (1)California (2)United States (1)Origin EraAll49 (1)1517 (1)1652 (1)1693 (1)1734 (1)1787 (1)1881 (1)1901 (1)1908 (1)1913 (1)Parent DenominationAllAnabaptism (1)Protestantism (5)Parent ReligionAllChristianity (11)Establishment StatusAllNo Establishment (3)Varies by Province (4)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (11)Sexuality PositionAllSame-sex orientation or practice is held to bar full membership or participation (2)The body holds no single settled position; the question is actively and openly contested within it (2)Church FamilyAllAnabaptist Churches (1)Eastern Orthodox Churches (1)Pentecostal Churches (2)Protestant Umbrella Movements (1)Liturgical LanguageAllByzantine Greek (1)Church Slavonic (1)Modern German (1)Vernacular Language (8)Ordination PracticeAllAn unpaid lay ministry rather than a professional clergy (1)Married clergy permitted (2)Open to women and men (1)Restricted to men (5)Varies between provinces or member bodies (5)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 11AmishDecentralised PolityChurch of God (Anderson, Indiana)Decentralised PolityEvangelicalismDecentralised PolityGreek Orthodox ChurchDecentralised PolityHistorically Black Protestant TraditionDecentralised PolityMainline ProtestantismDecentralised PolityNondenominational ChristianityDecentralised PolityOld BelieversDecentralised PolityOneness PentecostalismDecentralised PolityPentecostalismDecentralised PolityProtestantismDecentralised PolityConnectionsPolity OfAmish, Denominations Well-attested Breslov Hasidism, Denominations Well-attested Church of God (Anderson, Indiana), Denominations Well-attested Dianic Wicca, Denominations Well-attested Eclectic Solitary Wicca, Denominations Well-attested Evangelicalism, Denominations Well-attested Folk Shinto, Denominations Well-attested Greek Orthodox Church, Denominations Well-attested Hasidic Judaism, Denominations Well-attested Historically Black Protestant Tradition, Denominations Well-attested Karaite Judaism, Denominations Well-attested Kashmir Shaivism, Denominations Well-attested Louisiana Voodoo, Denominations Well-attested Mahayana, Denominations Well-attested Mainline Protestantism, Denominations Well-attested Modern Orthodox Judaism, Denominations Well-attested New Atheism, Denominations Well-attested Nondenominational Christianity, Denominations Well-attested Nyingma, Denominations Well-attested Old Believers, Denominations Well-attested Oneness Pentecostalism, Denominations Well-attested Order of Nine Angles, Denominations Well-attested Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary, Religious Orders Well-attested Source Catholic Encyclopedia (New Advent): Visitation OrderOrthodox Judaism, Denominations Well-attested Parsi Zoroastrianism, Denominations Well-attested Pentecostalism, Denominations Well-attested Protestantism, Denominations Well-attested Qadiriyya Order, Religious Orders Well-attested Quranism, Denominations Well-attested Rifa'i Order, Religious Orders Well-attested Rinzai, Denominations Well-attested Salafism, Denominations Well-attested Seax-Wica, Denominations Well-attested Sect Shinto, Denominations Well-attested Shaivism, Denominations Well-attested Shaktism, Denominations Well-attested Sufism, Denominations Well-attested Sunni, Denominations Well-attested The Church of Jesus Christ (Strangite), Denominations Well-attested Theravada, Denominations Well-attested Vaishnavism, Denominations Well-attested Zhengyi (Orthodox Unity), Denominations Well-attested SourcesEcclesiastical polity (Wikipedia)Ecclesiastical polity, article textQuote, Ecclesiastical polity, article textEcclesiastical polity is the government of a church.View the SourceCatholic Encyclopedia (New Advent): Visitation OrderCatholic Encyclopedia (New Advent)Polity Of: Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary, Article textQuote, Polity Of: Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary, Article textThere is no superior general, no visitor general, nor general chapter.View the SourceTake a Related QuizDoctrines: BeginnerCovers this kind of entry.Doctrines: ExpertCovers this kind of entry.Comments (0)No comments yet. 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