Acts 9:31 - Church(es)

QashishaD at aol.com QashishaD at aol.com
Fri Jan 19 02:37:34 EST 2001



In a message dated 18/01/01 11:24:24 AM, nstublen at gmx.net writes:

>Can
>anyone shed any light on why Acts 9:31 should contain the singular EKKLHSIA
>versus the plural EKKLHSIAI? (I hope that transliteration is correct.)

Neal, the Biblical and early Church reality was that there was only ONE 
Church, sometimes spoken of as being "churches" in different locales, but not 
as being a pluralities of churches. To speak of "churches" would be like 
speaking of "bodies of Christ," just not a Biblical concept. 

Dimitri Grekoff



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