Synod (body)

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A synod or church synod is a body of representatives in different churches who are supposed to represent the entirety of the church members. It consists of appointed or elected lay people and clergy , there are synods in Protestant , Anglican and Old Catholic churches. Synods as assemblies of rabbis, community representatives and lay people also exist in Judaism .

Such synods (not quite appropriately also called "church parliament") decide on essential questions of church life. The resolutions of synods in the congregationalist communities are usually not binding on the parishes.

In the old church were council and synod used synonymously.

further reading

  • Heinz Wolter: The synods in the imperial territory and imperial Italy from 916-1056. Paderborn 1988 (= council history, A: representations ).

Individual evidence

  1. Basic order of the EKD, Article 22 ff. ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ekd.de
  2. Example of London
  3. ↑ Canon law of the Old Catholic Church in Germany (PDF; 250 kB)
  4. SYNOD - JewishEncyclopedia.com. Retrieved May 28, 2018 .