41.   One of the most revered Baptist traditions has been the principle that local congregations are autonomous and govern their own business without interference from a church hierarchy.

42.   Organizers of the US referendum drive said they decided to launch the effort because they believe the American church hierarchy is outofstep with the views of many rank-and-file Catholics.

43.   One of the priests has now been reassigned, for reasons the church hierarchy maintains are unrelated to his dispute with the rebels.

44.   Over the years, the abbot had become a bit of an anomaly in the church hierarchy.

45.   Several Catholic religious orders have adopted the enneagram for use in their retreat centers, but not everyone in church hierarchy approves.

46.   Simply put, the pontiff has reshaped the U.S. church hierarchy as perhaps none of his predecessors has.

47.   Some nuns still complain that the church hierarchy, while depending on them to carry out vital services, pays short shrift to their concerns about sexism.

48.   That happened on the parish level but not, to a large extent, within the church hierarchy.

49.   The church hierarchy was stunned.

50.   The church hierarchy has also expressed concerns about provisions that describe education as primarily a responsibility of the state.