Matthew 16:18
"I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.
Church = ekklesia, special gathering or assembly.
The actual word church is derived from kyridakon - which points back to the word lord.
In essence the church has become our new lord, a power structure. So the "church" today is not very scriptual in this respect and does LORD over us doesn't it?
What are your thoughts?
2007-11-06
00:46:14
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"Church, n. [Sax. Circe, circ or cyric; Scots, kirk, which retains the Saxon pronunciation; D. Kerk; G. Kirche; Se. Kyrchia; Dan. Kirke; Gr. Kuriokon, a temple of God, from kuriakos, pertaining to a Lord, or to our Lord Jesus Christ, from kurios, a Lord; Russ. Tzerkou.] .1 A house consecrated to the worship of God, among christians; the Lord's house. This seems to be the original meaning of the word. The Greek ekklesia, from ekkalew, to call out or call together, denotes an assembly or collection. But kuriakos, kuriakon, are from kurios, Lord, a term applied by the early christians to Jesus Christ; and the house in which they worshipped was named from that title. So kuriaka signifies church goods, bona ecclesiastica; kuriakh, sc hmera, the Lord's day, dies dominica. 2. The collective body of christians, or of those who profess to believe in Christ, and acknowledge him to be the Savior of mankind. In this sense, the church is sometimes the Catholic or Universal Church. Johnson Enclyce.
2007-11-06
00:46:43 ·
update #1
3. A particular number of christians, united under one form of ecclesiastical government, in one creed, and using the same ritual or ceremonies; as the English church; the Gallican church; the Presbyterian church; the Romish church; the Greek church."
2007-11-06
00:46:52 ·
update #2
Source:
http://www.tentmaker.org/Dew/Dew2/D2-CirceDaughterOfTheSun.html
2007-11-06
00:47:39 ·
update #3
Now now... protestant churches have a hiearchy too and small independant churches emulate a power structure that lords itself over people too.
Not all but many.
2007-11-06
01:18:51 ·
update #4