Hi, this is my first Blog , it is very late at night & I think this will be a VERY short blog ! I am slowly getting used to this retirement lark after 50 yrs of work as a baker, pastrycook & confectioner. They say ( I don't know who) that age brings wisdom but it seems to have passed me by. I do know however that "The fear of God is the begining of wisdom" so I must have some!
Wisdom is not what I presume to share here though. I want to share those 'I Wonder' moments that I & I believe most of us have in our daily lives. I Wonder right now why I started this thing !!
I Wonder - why when Jesus said His people would be One the same as He & The Father were one, are there so many different churches? Perhaps we should look at what 'church' means ?
At about the time the Bible was translated into Latin from the original Hebrew & Greek the religious leaders were fond of the phrase 'Kyriake Doma' ( The Lords House) because it reinforced their emphasis on religious buildings. Keep 'the faithfull' under one roof and they are easier to control & collect money for the 'organisation'.
Church for short.
Kyriake Doma was usually shortened to 'Kyriake' which became the German 'Kirken' the Scots 'Kirk' and the English 'Church'. So Church means a religious building .
When the New Testament was translated from the Greek into Latin the word church was used whenever the Greek word 'Ekklesia' was used. Sounds O.K.? It would be if that was what Ekklesia means! Actually it has a simple Latin translation, the word Evocare which in English means 'To call out'.
More next blog. -- Feel free to comment .
Wisdom is not what I presume to share here though. I want to share those 'I Wonder' moments that I & I believe most of us have in our daily lives. I Wonder right now why I started this thing !!
I Wonder - why when Jesus said His people would be One the same as He & The Father were one, are there so many different churches? Perhaps we should look at what 'church' means ?
At about the time the Bible was translated into Latin from the original Hebrew & Greek the religious leaders were fond of the phrase 'Kyriake Doma' ( The Lords House) because it reinforced their emphasis on religious buildings. Keep 'the faithfull' under one roof and they are easier to control & collect money for the 'organisation'.
Church for short.
Kyriake Doma was usually shortened to 'Kyriake' which became the German 'Kirken' the Scots 'Kirk' and the English 'Church'. So Church means a religious building .
When the New Testament was translated from the Greek into Latin the word church was used whenever the Greek word 'Ekklesia' was used. Sounds O.K.? It would be if that was what Ekklesia means! Actually it has a simple Latin translation, the word Evocare which in English means 'To call out'.
More next blog. -- Feel free to comment .
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