The church and its origins
Where does the church come from?
Comes from the nature of man
Man is a social being a being for roughone and with some (community)
- made with god and for God
-The wordsome refers to the father and son relationship, family -> love->concern->security,respect and peace---sense of belongness(covenant kasunduan).Love destroyed by sin causing delirium to man
Established by triune God
God started to foreshadow and to fulfill them to himself again because he didnt like them to be faraway away
Abraham (gen 12:1-3)
Gathering of peopleÂ
Hebrew qahal
Greek ekklesia=qahalYHWH(called by God)
The church in latin ecclesiaw/c came from Gk.ekkalein=to call out of-
Which means convocation or an concourse , designates an assembly of people (acts 19:39)
Usually for religious gathering which is much used in the OT =assembly of the chosen people of God at mt Sinai.
Ekklesia+qahal yhwh = people of God called to break downher .
In English the word church came from the greek word..
kyriakon which means belonging to the Lord
English,Hebrew ,greek,
-described the community called together and belonging to the lord w/c designates the total communion of the people of God
As time went on ekklesia acquired a definite meaning -> the 1st community of Christians considered itself successor to that assembly ekklesia denotes the church jesus found in Jerusalem
rescuer gathered his disciple with his majectic words:
Breaking of the bread holy eucharistÂ
Catholic katholon(universal) greek..
Council of Jerusalem -> elders that are now bishops
_> baptism of water supply replaced circumcision
Arianismâ"bishop ariusâ"thinks that jesus is only human 325 Ad
Council of nicea formed Nicaean creed , defended the faithÂ
Christ desires that all people testament be under one home so he sent the apostles
Ministries of Christ:
- prophetic
-priestly
-kingly
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