National church, especially in Anglicanism and Orthodox Christianity, the organisation of that denomination within a given nation, which acts independently of the churches of the same denomination in other nations.
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Free church, as opposed to a state-sanctioned or established church
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In 1972 Mannila became an independent church Mar Antony Padiyara Archbisop declared Mannila as an independent church in 1972.