Context: Federalism also finds expression in ecclesiology (the doctrine of the church). For example, presbyterian church governance resembles parliamentary republicanism (a form of political federalism) to a large extent. In Presbyterian denominations, the local church is ruled by elected elders, some of which are ministerial. Each church then sends representatives or commissioners to presbyteries and further to a general assembly. Each greater level of assembly has ruling authority over its constituent members. In this governmental structure, each component has some level of sovereignty over itself. As in political federalism, in presbyterian ecclesiology there is shared sovereignty.

Question: What is ecclesiology?
Answer: the doctrine of the church

Question: What happens in Presbyterian denominations?
Answer: the local church is ruled by elected elders, some of which are ministerial.

Question: In political federalism what does Presbyterian ecclesiology do?
Answer: shared sovereignty

Question: What does each greater level of assembly have?
Answer: authority over its constituent members

Question: What isn't ecclesiology?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What doesn't happen in Presbyterian denominations?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: In political federalism what does Presbyterian ecclesiology not do?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: In political communism what does Presbyterian ecclesiology do?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What does each lesser level of assembly have?
Answer: Unanswerable