as a hierarchy itself, the Catholic Church is more inclined than many Protestant denominations to leave certain kinds of questions “to the proper authorities,” so to speak, observing hierarchy ...

Church government - CCEA Churches are governed in a variety of ways in terms of hierarchy and the role of women. Worship in the Protestant Church - CCEA Different Protestant denominations worship ...

We deplore the pretension of the Roman Catholic hierarchy to circumscribe the religious freedom of Protestant Christians ... of their own. . . . “The churches represented in this Council will ...