KnowraPresbyterian polityLinked fromLinked fromThe 15 pages that link to Presbyterian polity, each with the reason it gives.All 15Related 7Compared with 8BishopCompared with: It offers a major alternative to governance centered on bishops.CongregationalismCompared with: It connects congregations in governing bodies rather than leaving final authority locally.Episcopal polityCompared with: It locates authority in councils of elders rather than in a hierarchy of bishops.Congregational polityCompared with: Its representative councils share authority across congregations instead of leaving it wholly local.BaptistsCompared with: It contrasts with Baptist congregational independence.Bishops' WarsCompared with: Scottish resistance defended this governing structure against royal efforts to restore episcopal authority.Synod of BishopsCompared with: It offers a contrasting model in which bishops do not govern the church.Hierarchy of the Catholic ChurchCompared with: It distributes governance through councils rather than a hierarchy of bishops.