That is interesting. excellent post. Summary, The word “Church” was not in the bible for 1400 years after Christ. By the way, The word “Chirche” meant “circle” which was the Pagan worship format to get is a circle. Had nothing to do with the original Greek word of “ekklisia “ which meant “ the called out” or believers. It did NOT mean “ gathering or assembly” because the Greeks had a perfectly good word for that meaning. The Greek for that was the well known word “Sanhedrin”. Thanks for the scholarly clarification. 1400 years — not 1600 years
et ego dico tibi quia tu es Petrus et super hanc petram aedificabo ecclesiam meam et portae inferi non praevalebunt adversum eam
Which translates to:
I tell you that you are Peter and on this rock I will build my church (ecclesiam) and the gates of hell would not prevail against it;
From an on-line Latin Dictionary, the definition of ecclesia is:
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So, I'm not seeing your issue, as the Vulgate translation is from the late 4th century.