[ThreePuttinDude]

Maybe you should re-think that statement a little.

[Cobra64]

I'm not interested in a theological history lesson. My statement was broad brush in terms of TOO MUCH GOVERNMENT regardless of religion faith held by someone in the DC crowd.

[stands2reason]

This is the derivation of the word "congress".

Congressus is the past participle of the Latin word congregare to "come together."

Origin: 1350–1400 for earlier sense “body of attendants, following”; 1520–30 for current senses; ME < L congressus assembly, intercourse, meeting, equiv. to congred(?) to approach, meet (con- con- + -gred?, comb. form of grad? to step; cf. grade) + -tus suffix of v. action]