 Unsure of how the council would rule, he hinted in a sermon on 3 September 1553 that he might be dismissed by the authorities.The council decided to re-examine the "Ordonnances" and on 18 September it voted in support of Calvin—excommunication was within the jurisdiction of the Consistory.Berthelier applied for reinstatement to another Genevan administrative assembly, the "Deux Cents" (Two Hundred), in November.