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\DeclareFixedFootnote{\fnEkklhsia}{EKKLESIA from ``called out''.
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Appears 114 times in the N.T.,
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but only three times in the Gospels
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(\myxref{Matt}{16}{18} (twice) and \myxref{Matt}{18}{17}).
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Note that when Jesus uses the word EKKLESIA,
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the Christian community as we know it didn't yet exist ---
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there were only the disciples.
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\fnPar
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EKKLESIA is apparently different from 'synagogue' (SYNAGOGE)
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which occurs 56 times in the N.T.
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EKKLESIA is used in secular Greek literature of a popular assembly
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`called to assemble', and also of those 'called' to a cult.
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EKKLESIA is used frequently in the N.T.
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outside of the Gospels to refer to Christian communities,
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but in \myxref{Acts}{7}{38} it is used of the people of Israel
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led through the desert by Moses, and in \myxref{Acts}{19}{32} ff. of a secular assembly.
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All told, the common translation of EKKLESIA as 'church'
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doesn't reflect 1st century usage ---
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more like 'a group of people assembled for some specific purpose'.
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}
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\fi
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