Sentences with phrase «ekklesia in»

The word ekklesia in the New Testament is also used to refer to synagogue.

He even goes into detail on the various places in Scripture which seem to refer to only a physical gathering (e.g., «the ekklesia in Rome»), and shows how even there, the physical gathering is representative of the entire spiritual gathering.

However, I think he's shifting categories, because he's using the term ekklesia in two different ways.

(For more information, see my posts «The ekklesia of Josephus» and «The ekklesia in context.»)

When they came to the word ekklesia in the Greek there was a decision to be made, and they chose to link that word to the building rather than the people that assembled within them.

Not exact matches

The word Church is not actually found in the bible, but is translated from the greek word «ekklesia» and hebrew word «Knesiyah».

In our English Bible the Greek word, «ekklesia» is translated in most places «church.&raquIn our English Bible the Greek word, «ekklesia» is translated in most places «church.&raquin most places «church.»

Where there is ekklesia we come together in the freedom Love.

After several such stories, it became clear that the Ekklesia Project is in part about hagiography in the best sense — telling the stories of the saints so future saints might be encouraged.

The Ekklesia Project, begun in 1999, is something of an attempt to answer that question and close the gap between Hauerwas's academic project and the concrete life of churches.

In some cases, the term ekklesia refers to all of God's people which he has «assembled» or «gathered» out of the world.

If you like reading technical stuff about the church, read the entry on «ekklesia» in the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament.

The only way to become a citizen in the ekklesia that Jesus is building is through the Holy Spirit (Mt 28).

Only when women understand ourselves as church and not just as passive bystanders in the church can we reclaim the church as the ekklesia of women.

If a woman (without a man for her) is intent about talking in the ekklesia, she will either be blessed in wisdom to soon discover her approach as less than ideal (so to help from her sisters), or she may depart along with her pride by feeling that she's not being heard.

Certainly these may also be regarded «ekklesia»; gathering for teaching of philosophy and weekly administrations in hollow religious exercise.

Yes (in case you didn't understand before now), it is shameful / vile for women in the ekklesia to be talking.

Ephesians 5:22 - 24 The women to the / their men are being subject just as they are being to The Master; (recognizing) that the man is source / head of the woman just as Christ is the Head of the ekklesia and He is savior of the body; even as the ekklesia is being subject to The Christ, so the women are being subject to the / their men in all (things).

We simple don't see Paul chastising anyone because that person stepped out of their rolls (i.e., age, gender, graces...) However, Paul does remind all present in ekklesia not to press the women to do what would be adverse to all that the sisters had chosen in their righteousness.

In doing so, God's people would be lead into a «gathering» (Ekklesia) of the Body of Christ that would transcend the logical benefits of having a physical place to see and retreat to.

Our heavenly Father established the court in the Greek Septuagint, the Old Testament «Ekklesia» for the New Testament spiritual warfare made against the Gates of Hell though conduct of Ekklesia.

Often in distinction to ekklesia, the whole catholic church, paroikia as parish came to signify the persistent dwelling of the individual congregation.14

The entry for ekklesia (under kaleo) in TDNT really emphasizes this.

In the same way, one person can not be called «ekklesia» («church»).

The ekklesia is described in the Scriptures not only as a body, but as a distinct kingdom and nation, which therefore has its own norms.

In this case, again, the person who is part of the ekklesia is not alone, since in this usage the term refers to more than one persoIn this case, again, the person who is part of the ekklesia is not alone, since in this usage the term refers to more than one persoin this usage the term refers to more than one person.

It is perhaps worth noting that the English word «church» was first used as a translation of «ekklesia» in the Geneva Bible of 1560.

God will gather His Ekklesia when He is ready to in the end times.

My experience and study has taught me that the word «church» (i.e. ekklesia) in the New Testament has a pretty loose definition.

I do like what you are saying in principle Chris, the idea of ekklesia being gathering of God's people.

You know, another angle on this is the divisiveness creeds have caused between Jew and Gentile in the ekklesia.

In the third and last volume of his Dogmatics, The Christian Doctrine of the Church, Faith and the Consummation, his basic hermeneutic principle is evident in the way he treats faith in the context of the ekklesia, the ekklesia being the presupposition of faitIn the third and last volume of his Dogmatics, The Christian Doctrine of the Church, Faith and the Consummation, his basic hermeneutic principle is evident in the way he treats faith in the context of the ekklesia, the ekklesia being the presupposition of faitin the way he treats faith in the context of the ekklesia, the ekklesia being the presupposition of faitin the context of the ekklesia, the ekklesia being the presupposition of faith.

I sometimes encountered Jesus in the «church», but He's always out here in the Ekklesia.

In The First Urban Christians (1983) Meeks tells the story of Jesus groups founded by Paul, focusing on their «urban» environment, their social life and the formation of their ekklesia, governance, ritual, patterns of belief and patterns of life.

Jonathan Bartley is the Green candidate for Lambeth and Southwark in next year's Greater London Authority elections and the co-director of the thinktank Ekklesia.

The Campaign launched in June 2013, and is also already being supported by the Accord Coalition, the British Humanist Association, Professor Ted Cantle and the iCoCo Foundation, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, British Muslims for Secular Democracy, the Campaign for State Education, the Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education, the Christian think tank Ekklesia, the Hindu Academy, the Green Party, the Liberal Democrat Education Association, Liberal Youth, the Local Schools Network, Richmond Inclusive Schools Campaign, the Runnymede Trust, the Socialist Educational Association, the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches and a number of local campaign groups.

The word «church» in the Bible is a mistranslation of the Greek word «ekklesia.»