[B-Greek] Ekklesia and Caesar
Jimmy Doyle
jimmy at liquidthinking.org
Sat Dec 17 22:17:47 EST 2005
As some of you may know, Christian pop-author/pastor Robb Bell is teaching
that Caesar used the term ekklesia to refer to cities that pledged their
allegiance to him, and that Jesus' (and Paul's) use of the term ekklesia was
itself an afront to the political power of Rome. Bell has said this several
times, and now it appears in his book Velvet Elvis. In the book he gives
reference for the first time to this claim as found in Ethelbert
Stauffer's Christ
and Caesar. The book is out of print and I can't find any other references
supporting this claim. Does anyone else know anything about this or where I
could find other sources to back this claim?
It drives me crazy that I'm hearing this all over as people copy Bell's
material for use in the pulpit and teaching when it may not be historically
valid. It makes a good sermon about the political nature of the Christian
community...but is it factual?
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