En Kongregasjon
<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-weight: 700; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Kongregasjonalisme</span><span style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">, av </span><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engelsk" title="Engelsk" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">engelsk</a><span style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Congregation </i><span style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">eller «forsamling», er en styreform innenfor </span><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristendom" title="Kristendom" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">kristendommen</a><span style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> hvor den enkelte forsamling og dens møter er den høyeste besluttende instans. Den skiller seg fra </span><span class="new" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">episkopalisme</span><span style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">, hvor beslutninger foretas av </span><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biskop" title="Biskop" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">biskoper</a><span style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">. Kongregasjonalismen ble utviklet på slutten av 1500-tallet av </span><span class="new" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Robert Browne</span><span style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> og </span><span class="new" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Henry Barrowe</span><span style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">. Den anses å være nært beslektet med </span><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presbyterianisme" title="Presbyterianisme" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">presbyterianismen</a><span style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">.</span><div><span class="betydningnr" style="font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bold;">1 </span><div class="betydningsskiller inline-eske" style="font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 0.8rem; color: rgb(165, 66, 66); font-weight: 600;">KIRKEVESEN</div><div class="inline-eske" style="font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline;"> kirkedepartement i den <a href="https://www.naob.no/s%C3%B8k?elementRefid=53041583" style="box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(32, 57, 157);">romerske</a> <a href="https://www.naob.no/s%C3%B8k?elementRefid=52962717" style="box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(32, 57, 157);">kurie</a>, ansvarlig for et avgrenset felt</div></div><div><span class="betydningnr" style="font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bold;">2 </span><div class="betydningsskiller inline-eske" style="font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 0.8rem; color: rgb(165, 66, 66); font-weight: 600;">KIRKEVESEN</div><div class="inline-eske" style="font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline;"> ordens- eller klosterlignende sammenslutning innen Den katolske kirke</div></div>