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@Andrules Orthodoxy is a decentralized church but we dont have such problems
I know you don’t have a pope, but don’t you have some sort of council or organized group that makes doctrinal decisions for the Orthodox Church?
the penticostals have the Penticostal Holiness Church as an organization who makes decisions
and also our church is sponsored by Global University which teaches theology and biblical greek
Aren’t there multiple Pentecostal organizations? I know there are for most other Protestant denominations.
oh heck
well that's the one we have
probably a branch to a bigger organization which makes the actual decisions
Since you’re in Malta... might bee too small to have that many different groups, but I’m just guessing here.
yeah its only Pentecostal holiness church here
idk about worldwide organizations
Can you post the link? @Deleted User
scroll down for church governance and jurisdiction
Thanks.
if you want a more in-depth analysis I can send you one
Screenshots don’t always do well on the phone 🤣
true, I forgot you aren't on pc 😛
They work okay when I take them and crop everything around. Desktop likes to make it huge, then discord compresses the image. So it gets all fuzzy when I try to zoom in.
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So there’s 15 bishops?
Or does every worship center have a bishop?
Pretty sure they have more than that
We have thousands
@Andrules Kinda a lot as they do have different ranks
Yeah and a bishop reigns over a diocese. Which is several parishes. Referring to rags on Catholics.
It's just that its bishop has authority only in his church and not the others
So they have authority only in their own jurisdiction
Same here
But then you have councils of bishops that meet to keep the church doctrine established.
The wiki says synods.
Except the Bishop of Rome has primacy
Ecumenical council, synod etc
So you have synods of bishops that convene and determine Orthodox Church doctrine.
Our doctrines and theirs are pretty much settled already. Councils just clarify ideas and interpretations
So Orthodox is decentralized, in that you don’t have a pope, but you still have a governing body that keeps the Orthodox Church in line.
Yes, the autocephales are meant to keep their church in-line
If one of the bishops decides to change, it seems that he and his churches would be removed from the title of orthodox.
what do you mean change?