Comments on: Eschewmenical Presents “What is the Church?” http://christianity.blogoverflow.com/2012/05/01/eschewmenical-presents-what-is-the-church/ The Christianity Stack Exchange Blog Fri, 27 Jan 2017 11:19:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.6 By: waxeagle http://christianity.blogoverflow.com/2012/05/01/eschewmenical-presents-what-is-the-church/#comment-161 Tue, 01 May 2012 14:56:27 +0000 http://christianity.blogoverflow.com/?p=627#comment-161 Welcome Jorge I look forward to what you have to say about future posts in this series!

]]> By: Jorge Nunez http://christianity.blogoverflow.com/2012/05/01/eschewmenical-presents-what-is-the-church/#comment-160 Tue, 01 May 2012 14:40:54 +0000 http://christianity.blogoverflow.com/?p=627#comment-160 Church is the translation of the greek word Ekklesia, which is a common term throughout the Greek Old Testament Scriptures. It is generally used to speak of the assembled worshippers in the Temple or the whole assembly of Israel. However, when it occurs in the New Testament, English translators rarely render it “assembly.”

The assembling of the congregation helps us understand the origin of the word “church”, Moses returned from atop Mount Sinai and “assembled all the congregation of the sons of Israel.” (Exodus 35:1)

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