Greek EKKLHSIA and English "church"

bgreek at ntresources.com bgreek at ntresources.com
Fri Oct 25 07:24:10 EDT 2002


> My request is therefore this: would anyone be so kind as to explain 
> how the word "church" came to be universally associated with the 
> Greek word EKKLHSIA, and is this an accurate and happy translation 
> of that Greek word?

Perhaps the notes that I've posted at the f. URL would be of help to you:

http://faculty.bbc.edu/rdecker/documents/ekklhsia.pdf

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