“The word Jesus used (which was morphed by Rome) is “gathering” or “assembly”.”
In Greek, “assembly” is “ekklesia”.
In Latin, “assembly” is “ecclesia”.
Rome didn’t change anything there.
In Latin, “assembly” is “ecclesia”.
Rome didn’t change anything there."
I am aware of the Greek term, and evidently you missed the point here... There is no such word as "Church", especially Church with a capital "C", the way Rome has laid claim to the term. Jesus made no reference to an organization on earth, but rather was indicating His "assembly" of believers from all over the world gathering in small "assemblies" in homes, shops, underground.
Rome is guilty of morphing the concept, the term, the intent into an excuse to control its sheeple and guilt them into behaving as it directs. None of this is biblical, but at least part of it arises from the underlying aberration of turning the common word "assembly" into the specific term "Church".