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To: raiderboy
Actually, all that was done was transliterating the Greek to Latin. Similar to εὐαγγέλιον / evangelium (Gospel) or ἄγγελος / angelus (angel).

Also, in Acts 19:41 "And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.", "assembly" is the Greek word ἐκκλησία. (Note: for full context, please see Acts 19:23-41, with special emphasis on Acts 19:25).

Strong's defines ἐκκλησία as:

from a compound of ἐκ (out of) and a derivative of καλέω (call); a calling out, i.e. (concretely) a popular meeting, especially a religious congregation (Jewish synagogue, or Christian community of members on earth or saints in heaven or both):—assembly, church.

13 posted on 07/26/2018 3:48:54 PM PDT by kosciusko51
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To: kosciusko51

The literal meaning ( not the corrupted meaning by the institutional “church”) is , in fact, “The called out”. The Greeks had a perfectly good word for “ assembly” i.e. “Sanhedrin”. The word “ Church” was not the mistranslated until 1400 years after Christ. When Paul wrote his letters to various communities, he was not writing the “ church” , he was writing the “believers” in Christ Jesus as the Son of God. The very word “church” is a false teaching.There was no mortgaged building with a steeple , there was no patriarchal “minister” , no choir, and definitely no Sunday at 11 AM. These are all constructs for sole proprietorships or franchise operations collecting Old Testament tithes in the name of God , In my opinion, based on the Greek.


14 posted on 07/26/2018 4:42:55 PM PDT by raiderboy (Trump has assured us that he will shut down the government to get the WALL in Sept.ith the solar)
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