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Definition of Autocephaly
1. Noun. (Christianity) The state wherein a church's leaders have severed ties from a larger body and thus no longer report to a higher authority. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Autocephaly
1. [n -LIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Autocephaly
Literary usage of Autocephaly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dilemmas of Independence: Ukraine after Totalitarianism by Alexander J. Motyl (1993)
"Ukrainian autocephaly was reestablished in 1990, and in a sign of the nationalist
times, the local Russian Orthodox Church renamed itself the “Ukrainian ..."
2. The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries by Adolf von Harnack (1908)
"... know to what lengths the claim of Cyprus went, which insisted on autocephaly (ie,
the right of self-ordination) as against the jurisdiction of Antioch. ..."
3. History of the Christian Church by Wilhelm Ernst Möller (1902)
"This " autocephaly " was acknowledged at Chalcedon as belonging to the metropolitan
of Cyprus. The ascendency of the Constantinopolitan bishop received at ..."
4. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Comprising the History, Institutions by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"... Ravenna in its endeavours to establish " autocephaly," and rendered themselves
obnoxious to the Roman pontiffs by an arbitrary exercise of their powers, ..."
5. Literary History of Russia by Aleksander Brückner, Ellis H. Minns (1908)
"... yet regarded askance the usurped independence, the autocephaly of the Moscow
Church. His acquirements, his character, and his love wrought his ruin. ..."
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