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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus

In your belief system, what does the word “Church” mean?


13 posted on 10/25/2009 10:17:15 AM PDT by narses ("These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.")
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To: narses
In your belief system, what does the word “Church” mean?

It means what the word ekklesia in Greek means, and as it is used in both sacred and profane Greek written sources - a called-out assembly that is drawn from a larger body of people, and which is both visible and separate in charactre.

20 posted on 10/25/2009 10:47:04 AM PDT by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus (There are only two REAL conservatives in America - myself, and my chosen Presidential candidate)
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