Editing Autocephaly (section)

=== Honorary use of the term ===
Historically, within the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople|Patriarchate of Constantinople]], adjective ''autocephalous'' was sometimes also used as an honorary designation, without connotations to real autocephaly. Such uses occurred in very specific situations. If a [[diocesan bishop]] was exempt from [[Ecclesiastical jurisdiction|jurisdiction]] of his metropolitan, and also transferred to the direct jurisdiction of the patriarchal throne, such bishop would be styled as an "autocephalous archbishop" (self-headed, just in terms of not having a [[Metropolitan bishop|metropolitan]]).{{sfn|Chrysos|1969|pp=263–286}} 

Such honorary uses of the adjective ''autocephalous'' were recorded in various ''[[Notitiae Episcopatuum]]'' and other sources, mainly from the early medieval period. For example, until the end of the 8th century, bishop of [[Amorium]] was under the jurisdiction of metropolitan of [[Pessinus]], but was later exempt and placed under direct patriarchal jurisdiction. On that occasion, he was given an honorary title of an ''autocephalous archbishop'', but with no jurisdiction over other bishops, and thus no real autocephaly. Sometime later ({{circa|814}}), metropolitan province of Amorium was created, and local archbishop gained regional jurisdiction as a metropolitan, still having no autocephaly since his province was under supreme jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Constantinople.{{sfn|Komatina|2013|pp=195–214}}