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Autocephaly vs Autonomy - What's the difference?

autocephaly | autonomy |

In christianity terms the difference between autocephaly and autonomy

is that autocephaly is the state wherein a church's leaders have severed ties from a larger body and thus no longer report to a higher authority while autonomy is the status of a church whose highest-ranking bishop is appointed by the patriarch of the mother church, but which is self-governing in all other respects. Compare {{term|autocephaly|lang=en}}.

autocephaly

English

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.

    • Derived terms

    * autocephalous

    autonomy

    English

    Noun

  • Self-government; freedom to act or function independently.
  • (label) The capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision.
  • (label) The capacity of a system to make a decision about its actions without the involvement of another system or operator.
  • (label) The status of a church whose highest-ranking bishop is appointed by the patriarch of the mother church, but which is self-governing in all other respects. Compare autocephaly.

    • Synonyms

    * (self-government) nationhood, nationality, sovereignty, independence

    Antonyms

    * (self-government) dependency, nonautonomy, inoperability * (capacity to make independent decisions) heteronomy, incapacity

    Derived terms

    * autonomic * autonomous, autonomously