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To: Natural Law
Thank you for your interest in peace being with me...I hope the same for you.

My puzzlement is not over your typos (sorry to hear about that rascal finger). My "???" were there primarily because you proved my point. The term "ekklesia" in Koine' Greek was used by Luke (in Acts) to describe the riotous mob assembled in Ephesus as well as the gatherings to listen to the apostles teachings. It had no "special" meaning. To (over time) morph this term into a "CHURCH" organization is to create something out of whole cloth. It simply is not allowed by the text.

Now, don't get me wrong...many so-called Protestant groups have latched on to this false organizational moniker, also. Rome has just done this beyond all imagination. But, the conspicuous absence of that kind of use in the Scriptures is telling. Your comments about the civilian origin of the term underscores the mis-use.

I am simply pointing out how this mis-use has grown, no better "exploded", into an institutional use that is non-existent in and unwarranted by the Book. That is, unless your organization conducts "public beatings" for failure to show??

72 posted on 04/09/2013 9:59:00 AM PDT by Dutchboy88
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To: Dutchboy88
"The term "ekklesia" in Koine' Greek was used by Luke (in Acts) to describe the riotous mob assembled in Ephesus as well as the gatherings to listen to the apostles teachings."

A careful reading of Acts 19 will show that the "riotous mob" was actually under the control of some and acted with purpose. There is a very specific reason that the word used was ekklesia and not homilos as was used to describe riotous crowds throughout the rest of the Gospels.

Peace and Blessings

73 posted on 04/09/2013 10:47:56 AM PDT by Natural Law (Jesus did not leave us a Bible, He left us a Church.)
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