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True, the Greek word for church
True, the Greek word ekklhsia is used for an assemblage for civil, or political meetings, but also simply to call people together for instruction as in Acts 19:39-41. The Greek ekklhsian is used in this passages with no voting.
The root of :ekklhsia comes from a compound of <G1537> (ek) and a derivative of <G2564> (kaleo); a calling out
The point I was making was that the word "church" in Biblical times referred to people not a building. This was true even of house churches: Romans 16:5 (thn kat oikon autwn ekklhsian ...the church in their house)
posted by
koinonikos
on September 3, 2009 at 5:40 PM
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Wonderful post! sam
posted by
sam444
on September 3, 2009 at 3:39 PM
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ekklesia was a democratic body
posted by
Xeno-x
on September 1, 2009 at 1:30 PM
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