Why Did Paul Use the Term ἐκκλησία, in His Letters?

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In this essay I attempt to locate the term evkklhsi,a in its original context while conversing with Paul Trebilco and Geroge H. van Kooten. Against Trebilco, I argue that ἐκκλησία had a strong political connotation during the formative period of Christianity. I concur with van Kooten on many points but disagree on his argument that Paul usedἐκκλησία to contrast his congregations with the morally corrupt civic assemblies. I argue that Paul and his recipients in the πολεῑς of the Greek East lived in the political world where the institution of evkklhsi,a was still alive and the participation in civic assemblies was considered a great honor. Paul’s letters utilized the notion of honor related to ἐκκλησία to formulate the self-understanding of the Christ-worshipping communities. A closer examination of Paul’s context also clarifies that the famous phrase ἡ ἐκκλησία τοῡ θεοῡ was not a representative or general term, but was used in a specific context where he corrected abuses of this divine institution.

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