To: cuban leaf
Church means body of believers. Check out a Greek Lexicon.
Church is an English word. It has a number of possible meanings. The Church Jesus built was built on Peter, exactly as Jesus himself said. (See Matthew 16:18)
301 posted on
03/12/2012 10:59:17 AM PDT by
Heart-Rest
("The Church is the pillar and bulwark of the truth." (1 Timothy 3:15))
To: Heart-Rest
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Church is an English word. It has a number of possible meanings. —
Correct. That is why I said “Check out a Greek Lexicon.”
304 posted on
03/12/2012 11:05:55 AM PDT by
cuban leaf
(Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
To: Heart-Rest
The word for "church" used in Matthew 16 is ἐκκλησία. and it is used to mean, in the Bible: 1) a gathering of citizens called out from their homes into some public place, an assembly -a) an assembly of the people convened at the public place of the council for the purpose of deliberating -b) the assembly of the Israelites -c) any gathering or throng of men assembled by chance, tumultuously -d) in a Christian sense: --1) an assembly of Christians gathered for worship in a religious meeting --2) a company of Christian, or of those who, hoping for eternal salvation through Jesus Christ, observe their own religious rites, hold their own religious meetings, and manage their own affairs, according to regulations prescribed for the body for order's sake --3) those who anywhere, in a city, village, constitute such a company and are united into one body --4) the whole body of Christians scattered throughout the earth --5) the assembly of faithful Christians already dead and received into heaven
306 posted on
03/12/2012 11:11:19 AM PDT by
cuban leaf
(Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
To: Heart-Rest
John Chapter 17, beginning with verse 25 explains a lot. Jesus spoke figuratively.
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