[editor-surveyor]

ekklésia is a congregation, not a church.

The church and the circus were covered by the same word for the Greeks.

[CynicalBear]

Now why would you feel compelled to compare the word “church” to a circus if not to impugn the Greek New Testament? That’s the first time I have ever heard that comparison. It serves no purpose as not one of us would think of the circus when someone says the word “church”. The word “ekklésia” simply means a group of people who have congregated for some purpose.

While it is true that the word church has taken on a meaning that the word “ekklésia” never meant such as the concept of the RCC hierarchical structure which is contra scripture it still doesn’t discount the fact that today most understand it to mean the assembly of believers.

To try to impugn the Greek text with your comment seems to show desperation.