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Ecclesia (ancient Greece) Constitution of the Athenians, 4th century BC. The ecclesia is represented by the small blue box in the top center of the image. This diagram is based on Aristotle's Constitution of the Athenians. The ekklesia in Athens convened on a hill called the Pnyx.
assembly. Ecclesia, (“gathering of those summoned”), in ancient Greece, assembly of citizens in a city-state. Its roots lay in the Homeric agora, the meeting of the people. The Athenian Ecclesia, for which exists the most detailed record, was already functioning in Draco’s day (c. 621 bc).
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At 18, young Athenian males were enrolled in their demes' citizen lists and then served for two years in the military. Afterward, they could be in the Assembly, unless otherwise restricted. They might be disallowed while owing a debt to the public treasury or for having been removed from the deme's roster of citizens. Someone convicted of prostitut...
In the 4th century, the boule scheduled 4 meetings during each prytany. Since a prytany was about 1/10 of a year, this means there were 40 Assembly meetings each year. One of the 4 meetings was a kyria ecclesia 'Sovereign Assembly'. There were also 3 regular Assemblies. At one of these, private citizen-suppliants could present any concern. There ma...
By the mid-4th century, 9 members of the boule who were not serving as prytaneis (leaders) were chosen to run the Assembly as proedroi. They would decide when to cut off discussion and put matters to a vote.
Freedom of speech was essential to the idea of the Assembly. Regardless of his status, a citizen could speak; however, those over 50 could speak first. The herald ascertained who wished to speak.
In 411, when oligarchy was temporarily established in Athens, a law was passed prohibiting pay for political activity, but in the 4th century, members of the Assembly received pay in order to ensure the poor could participate. Pay changed over time, going from 1 obol/meeting—not enough to persuade people to go to the Assembly—to 3 obols, which coul...
- Matthew 18:17 N-DFS. GRK: εἰπὲ τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ ἐὰν δὲ. NAS:to them, tell it to the church;and if. KJV:tell [it] unto the church:but. INT:tell [it] to the churchif moreover.
- Matthew 18:17 N-GFS. GRK: καὶ τῆς ἐκκλησίας παρακούσῃ ἔστω. NAS:even to the church,let him be to you as a Gentile. KJV:he neglect to hear the church,let him be.
- Acts 5:11 N-AFS. GRK: ὅλην τὴν ἐκκλησίαν καὶ ἐπὶ. NAS:over the whole church,and over all. KJV:upon all the church,and upon. INT:all the churchand upon.
- Acts 7:38 N-DFS. GRK: ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ ἐν τῇ. NAS:This is the one who was in the congregationin the wilderness. KJV:in the churchin. INT:in the congregationin the.
The word ekklesia appears in the Greek text where this word (church) is found in the translations. Ekklesia comes from kaleō “to call,” and ek “out from.”. The compound verb means “to call out from.”. In classical Greek ekklesia referred to an assembly of the citizens summoned by the town crier. It is used in Acts 19:32-41in its ...
Jul 23, 2007 · Jesus and the authors of the NT used the term “ekklesia” to refer to God’s children as they are gathered together. There is no problem using an English term (like “church”) to refer to the same gathering/assembly as long as the usage parallels that of the term “ekklesia” in the NT. -Alan. 6-24-2012. says:
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Jul 3, 2023 · Ekklesia is a Greek word defined as “a called-out assembly or congregation.”. Ekklesia is commonly translated as “church” in the New Testament. For example, Acts 11:26 says that “Barnabas and Saul met with the church [ekklesia]” in Antioch. And in 1 Corinthians 15:9 Paul says that he had persecuted the church [ekklesia] of God.”.
