Churches having episcopal polity are governed by bishops. Some evangelical denominations operate according to episcopal polity or presbyterian polity. The IERE has a democratic, synodical (parliamentary) polity. It is governed as an autonomous polity within the Greek Republic. Serbia does not exercise sovereignty over this polity. Congregations of the Disciples are self-governing in the tradition of congregational polity. In matters of church polity, Laud was autocratic. Over the years a system of episcopal polity developed. It called for the church to be organised according to presbyterian polity. The opposition to Calvin's church polity came to an end. Politicians genuinely focused their lapses in the polity. Many written annals exist, written by local Nahua historians recording the histories of their polity. Kandy remained the sole native polity outside of European dominance. In the decades preceding partition the character of the new Muslim polity had been uncertain. They are part of the living processes of the global polity and social order.