In 1522 Tyndale translated from the original Greek/ Hebrew the term Ekklesia as "congregation" NOT "CHURCH". This is important because the term"congregation" mean "all believers" . The Latin Vulgate misinterpreted the term to refer to an institution- like the Catholic "Church" priest led buildings. The Catholics went berserk when Tyndale made his emphasis on all believers and not their institution.
In circa 1611 ,an insidious and intentional change was made to the original text of the of the book we call the " Bible"* put together by a council of Laodicea in approximately 363 A.D , 330 years after the Resurrection.There were no angelic visitations or a deep voice of God to guide the council .It was a bunch of men voting on which hearsay author " who in and who was out" of the cannons. They made horrible mistakes. They left out that non hearsay book of The Wisdom of Solomon, actually written by the wise one, and there was a disciple that could actuality write. His name was Bartholomew.-- "He is out", they said, not withstanding his memos on his discussions with Jesus after the Resurrection!! Hermes, many books from the GREEK Septuagint (LXX) and perhaps thousand of other scriptures were chunked **. Wonder if they got it right?
A single word used 115 times in the manuscripts was deliberatly and consistently changed by the translators for King James revision. The word was "ekklesia". It was changed to Circe or Kirke, the formal worship positions on Pagans. The actual word ekklesia meant ""the called out" . It was used to describe a group in its entirety. It did not mean anything else. It meant " the entire body" i.e. ALL BELIEVERS. It was first used in Greece from circa 300 B.C to 500 B.C relating to the entirety on the Greek governing class-- all of it. The ekklicia ruled Greece. But its use in the Bible we had an unfortunate result for those that wanted to control. The word denotes the entire body of believers. The was unmanageable for King James and the Catholic rulers as well.
Actually, early believers had no buildings ,no steeple or Sundays or pulpits or choirs. They would gather in homes or streets. They had no governing leadership . They were bound by faith in Christ as the Son of God,for which many perished. Actually they did form lose affiliations that tended to follow one or more of the disciples.This is how many of the books were written generations after Christ. Stories were handed down and finally written in a generation that could write.
Now when you contemplate the real meaning of Ekklesia in its reality and implication , you will be appalled at the distortion into the buildings ,persons ,institutional meaning that sheep have bought into today. That is exactly what King James wanted. I fell for it too.
Out there was an undefined mob ,not worshiping kings- or should I say only King Jesus. You cant CONTROL that. Indeed the Catholics had the same problem. You obfuscate the reality of Christ with jargon, ritual ,legalism and redefinition or you lose control of the masses.
So they changed a word, one simple word ,not withstanding clear Greek words that existed for" assembly" and "gathering" ,they tried to morph those concepts into "the called out" -- clearly ,it was about control. Up to 1638 , there were few institutions -- there were not pulpits, mortgages, choirs, Sundays, or preachers,. There was just believers "called out" in Christ.
Now as you internet search this you will see the institutional church "scholars trying to rewrite the meaning. They would go into gross contortions to do so. Just remember at all time the Greek had words for "assembly and gathering" -- a different word predating the bible.
Panic set in as the real definition must be stamped out. The institutional monied "Church"( Catholic and Protestant) depends on the control of the circle. Quite scholarly sounding revisionists --put forth the meaning of Ekklesia "gathering or assembly" . Ahhh !! there we go-- back in the box (so to speak) "Every one just gather up here on Sundays"
What they don't tell you is that the word means "The called out" -- not a "gathering" or "assembly".
The Greek language is a fascinating and complex language of precision. It is not easily distorted like English "is" -- is.
10 hundred years before Christ, the Greeks already had their word for "gathering place", in fact it also was synonymous with the word "assembly" The word was AGORA. You can read all about it here :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agora
The word the word was widely used to connote the central meeting place, the focal point of activity. The writers of the Bible could have easily used the word Agora but they chose ekklesia- Meaning "the called out" in Christ-- The "believers" All the believers.
When Paul writes to Galatia or Corinth, or Rome , he isn't writing to a board of deacons or to "the elders" or to a council if inter city faith groups. He is writing to all the believers. The letters were circulated an read aloud by the literates and replicated by copying them. This is why we have them today.
Every time you read "Church" in the King James reversion, insert the correct words "the called out" or "believers" and it will change your view of God and Christ as you will no longer have to have absolution from a priest hood or blessings of a Minister or give all that money you need to keep for your family. All money is God's anyway. . Do you actually think God needs your money? I say no-- but the preacher and his staff do-- they have that "big mortgage" on the "church" you know. The organ costs-- the praise and worship group gets paid. The preachers house -- 3 cars. 401k, his kid's education. Give if you like as you would with a civic club like the Elks or the Lions. But with none of it do you get "brownie point", salvation or jewels in your crown. Chances are you are already saved but no one told you, until now.
In fact, you don't have to go to Church any more for salvation.
*For a wonderful discussion of the mistranslation see :http://www.inplainsite.org/html/the_church_then_and_now_i.html
** for an actual discussion of the "Lost Books" not included in the "Bible" see https://carm.org/do-lost-books-bible-prove-bible-has-been-altered
In circa 1611 ,an insidious and intentional change was made to the original text of the of the book we call the " Bible"* put together by a council of Laodicea in approximately 363 A.D , 330 years after the Resurrection.There were no angelic visitations or a deep voice of God to guide the council .It was a bunch of men voting on which hearsay author " who in and who was out" of the cannons. They made horrible mistakes. They left out that non hearsay book of The Wisdom of Solomon, actually written by the wise one, and there was a disciple that could actuality write. His name was Bartholomew.-- "He is out", they said, not withstanding his memos on his discussions with Jesus after the Resurrection!! Hermes, many books from the GREEK Septuagint (LXX) and perhaps thousand of other scriptures were chunked **. Wonder if they got it right?
A single word used 115 times in the manuscripts was deliberatly and consistently changed by the translators for King James revision. The word was "ekklesia". It was changed to Circe or Kirke, the formal worship positions on Pagans. The actual word ekklesia meant ""the called out" . It was used to describe a group in its entirety. It did not mean anything else. It meant " the entire body" i.e. ALL BELIEVERS. It was first used in Greece from circa 300 B.C to 500 B.C relating to the entirety on the Greek governing class-- all of it. The ekklicia ruled Greece. But its use in the Bible we had an unfortunate result for those that wanted to control. The word denotes the entire body of believers. The was unmanageable for King James and the Catholic rulers as well.
Actually, early believers had no buildings ,no steeple or Sundays or pulpits or choirs. They would gather in homes or streets. They had no governing leadership . They were bound by faith in Christ as the Son of God,for which many perished. Actually they did form lose affiliations that tended to follow one or more of the disciples.This is how many of the books were written generations after Christ. Stories were handed down and finally written in a generation that could write.
Now when you contemplate the real meaning of Ekklesia in its reality and implication , you will be appalled at the distortion into the buildings ,persons ,institutional meaning that sheep have bought into today. That is exactly what King James wanted. I fell for it too.
Out there was an undefined mob ,not worshiping kings- or should I say only King Jesus. You cant CONTROL that. Indeed the Catholics had the same problem. You obfuscate the reality of Christ with jargon, ritual ,legalism and redefinition or you lose control of the masses.
So they changed a word, one simple word ,not withstanding clear Greek words that existed for" assembly" and "gathering" ,they tried to morph those concepts into "the called out" -- clearly ,it was about control. Up to 1638 , there were few institutions -- there were not pulpits, mortgages, choirs, Sundays, or preachers,. There was just believers "called out" in Christ.
Now as you internet search this you will see the institutional church "scholars trying to rewrite the meaning. They would go into gross contortions to do so. Just remember at all time the Greek had words for "assembly and gathering" -- a different word predating the bible.
Panic set in as the real definition must be stamped out. The institutional monied "Church"( Catholic and Protestant) depends on the control of the circle. Quite scholarly sounding revisionists --put forth the meaning of Ekklesia "gathering or assembly" . Ahhh !! there we go-- back in the box (so to speak) "Every one just gather up here on Sundays"
What they don't tell you is that the word means "The called out" -- not a "gathering" or "assembly".
The Greek language is a fascinating and complex language of precision. It is not easily distorted like English "is" -- is.
10 hundred years before Christ, the Greeks already had their word for "gathering place", in fact it also was synonymous with the word "assembly" The word was AGORA. You can read all about it here :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agora
The word the word was widely used to connote the central meeting place, the focal point of activity. The writers of the Bible could have easily used the word Agora but they chose ekklesia- Meaning "the called out" in Christ-- The "believers" All the believers.
When Paul writes to Galatia or Corinth, or Rome , he isn't writing to a board of deacons or to "the elders" or to a council if inter city faith groups. He is writing to all the believers. The letters were circulated an read aloud by the literates and replicated by copying them. This is why we have them today.
Every time you read "Church" in the King James reversion, insert the correct words "the called out" or "believers" and it will change your view of God and Christ as you will no longer have to have absolution from a priest hood or blessings of a Minister or give all that money you need to keep for your family. All money is God's anyway. . Do you actually think God needs your money? I say no-- but the preacher and his staff do-- they have that "big mortgage" on the "church" you know. The organ costs-- the praise and worship group gets paid. The preachers house -- 3 cars. 401k, his kid's education. Give if you like as you would with a civic club like the Elks or the Lions. But with none of it do you get "brownie point", salvation or jewels in your crown. Chances are you are already saved but no one told you, until now.
In fact, you don't have to go to Church any more for salvation.
*For a wonderful discussion of the mistranslation see :http://www.inplainsite.org/html/the_church_then_and_now_i.html
** for an actual discussion of the "Lost Books" not included in the "Bible" see https://carm.org/do-lost-books-bible-prove-bible-has-been-altered
