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Ecclesiastical polity
Government of Christian churches / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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