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When I had first entered the church, nobody checked whether I was authrised to enter or not . What to call such behavior of church managers?

Can "Nobody checked my authority to enter"?
Hi Dr. A,

I'm not sure what your real question is. It looks like you've omitted the word not from the end of the sentence.

...nobody check whether I was authorized or not.
It is/was typical for churches to let anyone enter. I think it was once common for churches to remain unlocked at all times.

I don't know what behaviour of chuch managers you are asking about?
What to call the behaviour of the church managers in letting anyone enter depends, perhaps, on what opinion you want to convey about that behaviour.

There is no particular English phrase to describe letting anyone enter, so we can't give you a common idiom.

If you think it's a fool-hardy practice, you might say "The church officials are very lax in not checking whether people have authority to enter the church."

If you agree with the policy, you might say "The church officials have a welcoming and all-inclusive attitude, allowing all and sundry to enter the church."

If you wish to convey no judgement one way or the other, you could say "Anyone is allowed to enter the church."
I mean the way they did not check my authority to enter.

I could imagine myself just walking into the church. No one would bother with me and I could enter and walk around. There would be no check of permission, because everyone has permission to enter a church. No one needs to be specifically authorized to enter.

The way the sentence sounds, makes it seem that someone is challenging his right to be there, and he is explaining that no one checked when he first entered.
Based on your original question, and the opinions of the other responders here, I suggest:

"No one checked that I had the right to be there. This was very lax on the part of the church officials."
I must be missing something here. As AWordLover suggests, with some notable exceptions a church is a place that welcomes visitors and does not require them to have any "authority to enter". Perhaps if DrA were to explain why "authority to enter" might be required, it would be easier to answer the question.
Maybe he meant "entering the church" as meaning he became part of the clergy ?

I think that would require some credentials...
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