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Autocephali

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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(Greek: autokephaloi, independent)

Certain bishops in early Christian times, not subject to any patriarch or metropolitan, but dependent directly on a triennial provincial synod or on the Holy See.

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Entry for 'Autocephali'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​a/autocephali.html. 1910.
 
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