Synod

A synod (also known as a council) is a council of a church, usually a Christian church, convened to decide an issue of doctrine or administration. An ecumenical council is so named because it is a synod of the whole church (or, more accurately, of what those who call it consider to be the whole church.)

Some ecumenical synods of note

• Synod of Ancyra 314
• Synod of Tyre and Jerusalem 335
• Synod of Whitby 664
• Cadaver Synod 897
• Synod of Charroux, 989
• Synod of Rathbreasail, 1111
• Synod of Verona, 1184
• Synod of Toulouse, 1229
• Synod of Dordrecht 1618/1619
• General Synod: Anglican churches
• Holy Synod, Russia