What gives the Christian ekklesia its distinctiveness is not the fact that it is an ekklesia, but the fact that it is an ekklesia in God. More on this later. All of this raises some fascinating questions about the meaning of ekklesia in early Christianity, and why the early Christians ...
The New Testament shows that in its rudimentary sense, the church is local only. The underlying Greek word, ekklesia, means “assembly.” The church is an assembly. It is always an assembly and that’s what the word means. Even if the New Testament addresses the doctrine of the church in...
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The name of our Church, “CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST” is supported by I Thessalonians 2:14 and other passages in the Pauline Epistles. The word “CHURCH” or “EKKLESIA” was first applied to the Christian society by Jesus Christ in St. Matthew 16:18, the occasion being that of his ...
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If the boule didn't provide an item on the agenda, the ekklesia couldn't act on it; but if they did, the ekklesia was supposed to address it. "At one time Socrates was a member of the Council [boule], he had taken the senatorial oath, and sworn 'as a member of that house to...
Yma an hanow Kernewek tredh krommvaghow pedrek. langbot AKJV Ecclesiastes [Cornish: Ekklesiastes] 11:2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for you know not what evil shall be on the earth. (Y hyllir kavos an lavaren / ger / hanow yn Kernewek dre y hwilas y’n Bi...
Today's grand Hagia Sophia is the third structure built on this ancient site. 360 ADMegale Ekklesia (Big Church) ordered by Emperor Konstantios; wooden roof burned and building destroyed during the public riots of 404 AD 415 ADHagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom) ordered by Emperor Theodosios II; woo...
Later he makes it clear that he isnotsaying to ignore immoral behaviour. People who are living openly in immorality and defying the clear and well-known laws of God must be told to stop what their doing or face being banned from theekklesiauntil they do. But they must also be told that...
and one must have been a Eupatrid to be elected as an Archon. There was also a council of elders called theAreopagus. All men who had been elected Archons also became members of the Areopagus for life. In Athens, the assembly of citizens was theEkklesia. The word ekklesia later develop...