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In church history, the term '''' (from , , singular from , , and , ) has been applied to several sects that supposedly had no leader. E. Cobham Brewer wrote, in Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, that acephalites, "properly means men without a head." Jean Cooper wrote, in Dictionary of Christianity'', that it characterizes "various schismatical Christian bodies". Among them were Nestorians who rejected the Council of Ephesus’ condemnation of Patriarch Nestorius of Constantinople, which deposed Nestorius and declared him a heretic.

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Acéphales (du grec Άκέφαλοι, « dépourvus de tête » ou « de chef », formé de ά- privatif et de κεφαλή, « tête ») est le nom donné à un courant de chrétiens monophysites qui se séparèrent des évêques qui les dirigeaient, quand ceux-ci eurent signé l'Hénotique (482). Après cette date, les Acéphales vécurent sans hiérarchie épiscopale.

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