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The 14 pages that link to Congregational polity, each with the reason it gives.

• Apostolic successionCompared with: It locates church authority in congregations rather than a chain of bishops.

• BishopCompared with: Its local autonomy contrasts with a bishop’s authority across a diocese.

• CongregationalismBroader topic: It names the governing principle that gives Congregational churches their defining autonomy.

• Massachusetts Bay ColonyRelated: Local congregations reflected the colony's religious structure and influenced town governance.

• Presbyterian polityCompared with: It lacks the same binding regional oversight by presbyteries.

• DioceseCompared with: It contrasts with diocesan systems that place local churches under a bishop's regional authority.

• BaptistsRelated: Local congregational authority is a defining Baptist principle.

• ClericalismCompared with: It offers a governance alternative that places substantial authority in the congregation rather than clergy.

• CongregationRelated: It gives some congregations direct control over leadership and decisions.

• PresbyterianismCompared with: It differs from Presbyterianism's shared authority across local and regional assemblies.

• Unitarian UniversalismRelated: Local self-government distinguishes congregational life from centralized ecclesiastical authority.

• Southern Baptist ConventionRelated: Local autonomy limits the convention’s authority over member churches.

• John SmythRelated: Smyth’s Separatist church life rested on independent congregational authority.

• Free Will BaptistRelated: Local congregations commonly exercise substantial authority within Free Will Baptist bodies.