Autocephalous Church
A Church is an autocephalous Church, Christian , Christianity under the said , whose theology such as ecclesiology is adjusted according to membership in two , three or seven councils that christological and enjoys full independence, the legal as the spiritual, from any authority.
As its name suggests (self (self) cephalic (head)), it is not in a hierarchical structure, its patriarch , the Pope ( Coptic Orthodox ) or Catholicos ( Armenian Apostolic Church ), is the only authority is exercised. However, for the churches of the seven councils, a primacy of honor is recognized by the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople , according to the canon of the Council of Chalcedon in 451.
Under its influence or its historical importance, an autocephalous church can be styled patriarchy or archdiocese and is then directed respectively by a patriarch or archbishop. It may have jurisdiction over other churches are autonomous churches say. It designates the primates who are so archbishops.
Under the old system pentarchy , each possessed the Patriarchal Church autocephalous and in case of disagreement between the Patriarchs, the emperor contrasted, as was the case until the first council of Chalcedon. Rule systems including Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem and Rome and Constantinople never worked, this Council establishes the primacy of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, the "New Rome", which the Patriarchate of Rome always refused to admit.
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