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Genevan Consistory
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<p>The Genevan Consistory (French: <i>Consistoire de Genève</i>) is a council of the <a href="/facts/Protestant_Church_of_Geneva/ofLd3Wk0">Protestant Church of Geneva</a> similar to a <a href="/facts/Presbyterian_polity/d2mpbbRo">synod</a> in other <a href="/facts/Reformed_churches/l95AzJtn">Reformed churches</a>. The Consistory was organized by John Calvin upon his return to Geneva in 1541 in order to integrate civic life and the church. </p>