> Have there ever been democratic or republic churches? Yes, to the point where there's vocabulary to describe those types of organization, e.g.: https://en.w

> Have there ever been democratic or republic churches? Yes, to the point where there's vocabulary to describe those types of organization, e.g.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presbyterian_polity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presbyterian_polity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregationalist_polity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregationalist_polity