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Congregationalist polity and Episcopal Baptists

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Difference between Congregationalist polity and Episcopal Baptists

Congregationalist polity vs. Episcopal Baptists

Congregationalist polity, or congregational polity, often known as congregationalism, is a system of ecclesiastical polity in which every local church congregation is independent, ecclesiastically sovereign, or "autonomous". Although most Baptist groups are congregationalist in polity, some have different ecclesiastical organization and adopt an Episcopal polity governance.

Similarities between Congregationalist polity and Episcopal Baptists

Congregationalist polity and Episcopal Baptists have 4 things in common (in Unionpedia): Baptists, Bishop, Congregational church, Episcopal polity.

Baptists

Baptists are Christians distinguished by baptizing professing believers only (believer's baptism, as opposed to infant baptism), and doing so by complete immersion (as opposed to affusion or sprinkling).

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Bishop

A bishop (English derivation from the New Testament of the Christian Bible Greek επίσκοπος, epískopos, "overseer", "guardian") is an ordained, consecrated, or appointed member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight.

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Congregational church

Congregational churches (also Congregationalist churches; Congregationalism) are Protestant churches in the Reformed tradition practicing congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs.

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Episcopal polity

An episcopal polity is a hierarchical form of church governance ("ecclesiastical polity") in which the chief local authorities are called bishops.

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Congregationalist polity and Episcopal Baptists Comparison

Congregationalist polity has 70 relations, while Episcopal Baptists has 10. As they have in common 4, the Jaccard index is 5.00% = 4 / (70 + 10).

References

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