Path: paganini.bofh.team!tor-network!not-for-mail From: "NightBulb.net" Newsgroups: alt.bible Subject: [NightBulb] Circe (Church)--Daughter of the Sun Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2023 14:22:01 -0500 Organization: To protect and to server Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2023 19:17:10 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: paganini.bofh.team; logging-data="2419729"; posting-host="Jh3YwGXOeWRcaLACBa2yZg.user.paganini.bofh.team"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@bofh.team"; posting-account="9dIQLXBM7WM9KzA+yjdR4A"; Cancel-Lock: sha256:rcTkysyr0pqyAyAmZ56bcpdeJZDNS3jzDUCo4mn/SaQ= X-TOR-Router: 2.58.56.220 X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.9.3 Xref: paganini.bofh.team alt.bible:661281 "Those of you who have been in "church" or have "gone to church" for any length of time have probably heard that the origin of the word "church" is from the Greek word ekklasia written in English ecclesia which would translate into English as called out, an assembly, or collection. This may be the definition of the word ecclesia, but the English word "church" does not come from this Greek word. Webster says the English word "church" comes from the Greek word kuriakon meaning "the Lord's" or "the Lord's house or belonging". Sounds plausible, doesn't it? This is what the seminary students are taught when they enter into the halls or walls of christendom as they study to become "heads of the churches." To most of you, this explanation would probably suffice, but I am a nosy type, and I like to dig. Looking into Young's Concordance, I discovered this word kuriakon is not in the Greek text of our Bibles. Strange that the Creator of the Universe would name his body on earth kuriakon and then not use the word in His Holy Word. Something did not smell right, know what I mean?" [full article] https://tentmaker.org/Dew/Dew2/D2-CirceDaughterOfTheSun.html -- NightBulb | https://nightbulb.net | Flip the night switch.