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Encyclopedia of Religion entry for

Acephali

A name applied to sects which had no recognised leader (the Monophysite Acephali), or who refused to follow their leader (the Nestorian Acephali) ; or to priests who refused allegiance to their diocesans and to suffragan bishops who would not obey their metropolitans. E. B. Tylor (Primitive Culture, i., 390) suggests that the term may well be used of those monsters that are reported by travelers to have existed without heads to their bodies.

citations: Encyc. of Rel., Canney

article created 2006-04-12 , last updated 2006-04-12

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