Synod
The word synod indicates a meeting, a deliberative assembly. The word draws its etymology from the Greek synodos (of syn : with and hodos : the way).
As of the 2nd century after J. - C., one sees appearing synods convened to regulate local crises or conflicts. Synods can be celebrated on all the levels: room, regional, provincial. On the level of the empire, one will speak about a Concile. The objective is always, beyond the precise circumstances of the meeting, to consolidate and harmonize the faith of a particular Église. A synod can also relate to a particular point. If the synodal institution remained without discontinuity through the centuries, its implementation was very variable.
In the canonical Right current, the synod diocesan is organized according to the methods of the Code of right canonical of 1983: “The synod diocesan will be celebrated in each particular Church when, with the judgment of the Bishop diocesan and after this one heard the council presbytéral, the circumstances will suggest it. ”
In the discipline of some Protestant Churches, like the Church reformed of France, the national Synod is the sovereign authority, bringing together laic delegates and pastors, deciding formulation of the faith and questions of organization, since the treatment of the ministers until the international agreements or interdenominational. Its debates are relayed on a regional level before decision. He elects a National council which manages the Union and implements the synodal decisions and orientations between two annual sessions.
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