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The etymology of church cannot be traced to the Greek word, ekklesia. Christians persist on using a unscriptural word to justify their religious tradition of associating people to a physical structure. We all know this… why do we allow it?
Anonymous
RT John Mushenhouse Sadly this is so true in our day of the Church being an organization and a 501 c one in the USA.
As someone has said “The modern church is a ‘non-prophet’ organization.” Link Hudson Junior Beasley Brett Dobbs Nelson Banuchi
Anonymous
The English term, “church,” appeared about the 13th Century.
It is the term we use to represent “ekklesia” in the Greek text.
The Church – assembly, or called out assembly – is unknown in the Old Testament. “Ekklesia” appears in only two passages in the Gospels.
The Church is a mystery, Eph. 3, being revealed beginning at Pentecost.
Anonymous
Duane L Burgess the term church is NOT English
Saxon maybe but not english
More of slavic into gothic
Anonymous
Words don’t have fixed meanings; they have uses. “Church” is used for the word ekklesia, and it’s okay.
Anonymous
Ansley Orfila really ? how do you mean this in a sense
Anonymous
Troy Day It’s okay for translators to use the word “church”.
Anonymous
Ansley Orfila its OK for some that know what it means