The essay contributes to explaining the Reformed view of the relationship between place and sacrality, by focusing on the Genevan Reformed context. Doctrinal sources and archival documents show to which extent the Reformed organisation of the churches echoed the liturgical requirements and attested the equality of the worshippers, while also reflecting their temporal, social and political, categories. Both the place of worship and the conduct of the divine services aimed at conveying a specific perception of the presence of the holy, not as a local, but as a spiritual and internal reality. The Reformed temple is thus proven to have been less a holy place than a privileged venue for sanctification