Interesting word study on the word church....
In 1 Timothy 3:15 “if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.” (ESV)
http://biblos.com/1_timothy/3-15.htm
The Greek word is ekklésia: an assembly, a (religious) congregation
http://concordances.org/greek/1577.htm
Yes, actually ekklesia was a widely used, regular term describing any gathering, sometimes public, sometimes private, but simply the assembling of people together. Rome has morphed this into a trademarked term as a figment of their imagination. But, biblically, there are no governmental structures, no bishoprics (that term is simply “older men”), and certainly no papacy.
BTW,
I need a Greek scholar’s help with
John 10:35-37
King James Version (KJV)
JOHN 10:
35If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
36Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
37If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
Some . . . curious thought process sort on ATS is insisting that the verse is SAYING that Christ is saying that the person referred to blasphemed BECAUSE they said Christ was the Son of God! Absurd, I know but I need a Greek expert to help document how absurd it is.