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<p>A <b>synod</b>  is a council of a <a href="page.php?w=Christian_denomination">Christian denomination</a>, usually convened to decide an issue of doctrine, administration or application. The word <a href="page.php?w=wikt%3Asynod">synod</a> comes from the <a href="page.php?w=Ancient_Greek">Ancient Greek</a> <i>???????</i>  ; the term is analogous with the Latin word <i>concilium</i> . Originally, synods were meetings of <a href="page.php?w=bishop">bishop</a>s, and the word is still used in that sense in <a href="page.php?w=Roman_Catholic_Church">Catholicism</a>,</p><p>
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