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	Ecclesia Gnostica Universalis - Free Encyclopedia of Thelema
		Ecclesia Gnostica Universalis, or Universal Gnostic Church, is a organization dedicated to the advancement of Light, Life, Love, and Liberty through alignment with the Law of Thelema.
		Ecclesia Gnostica Universalis (EGnU) was founded by a College of Bishops on the Fourth of July in the Year 2000 C.E. Membership in Ecclesia Gnostica Universalis is available through baptism, confirmation, and dedication; advancement is independent of and does not require membership in or affiliation with any particular Order.
		Gnostic Bishops of the Ecclesia Gnostica Universalis may be of either sex; female Bishops preface their Mystic Name with the Hebrew letter "Shin" or "Sh", while male Bishops assume a Mystic Name prefaced with the Hebrew letter "Tau" or "Th".
	www.egnu.org /thelema/index.php/Ecclesia_Gnostica_Universalis (1039 words)

	Ecclesia (ancient Athens) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The ecclesia or ekklesia was the principal assembly of the (A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them) democracy of ancient (The capital and largest city of Greece; named after Athena (its patron goddess)) Athens.
		It was the popular assembly, opened to all male citizens over the age of 18 by (A man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs) Solon in 594 BC.
		With garments thus stained, shamed citizens could legally carry out no business until they visited the meeting grounds of the Ecclesia on the hill called the Pynx.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/E/Ec/Ecclesia_(ancient_Athens).htm (244 words)

	Ecclesia (sociology of religion) - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		An ecclesia is one of the four members of the most common sociological typology of religious groups -- the other three are the denomination, the sect and the cult.
		An ecclesia is a religious group which is strongly integrated with the dominant social and political culture.
		Often ecclesias are state churches, though they need not be: a state church by definition has official legal recognition of its role in the society, while an ecclesia might not.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Ecclesia_(sociology_of_religion) (94 words)

	Ecclesia (ancient Athens) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The ecclesia or ekklesia (Greek έκκλησία) was the principal assembly of the democracy of ancient Athens.
		It was the popular assembly, opened to all male citizens over the age of 18 by Solon in 594 BC.
		A gang of slaves, called Scythians, carrying ropes dipped in red paint would travel through the city on the days the Ecclesia was to meet, and would lash those citizens not in attendance with their ropes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ecclesia_(ancient_Athens) (231 words)

	ECCLESIA - LoveToKnow Article on ECCLESIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The relation of Boule and Ecclesia in the Cleisthenic democracy was of the greatest importance.
		In the 5th century the functions of the Ecclesia and the popular courts of justice were vastly increased by the exigencies of empire.
		If this contention were upheld by the court, when the case was brought to it by the Thesmothetae, the resolution was annulled, and the defendant had to appear in a new trial for the assessment of the penalty, which was usually a fine, rarely death.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /E/EC/ECCLESIA.htm (1728 words)

	Activities: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The ecclesia is likened to a body with Christ as the head: "And he is the head of the body, the ecclesia" (Colossians 1:18).
		In Ephesians 5 the ecclesia is likened to a bride with Christ as the bridegroom.
		When a member of the ecclesia persists in wrong behaviour then he or she should be withdrawn from: "Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us" (2 Thessalonians 3:6).
	www.bedford-ecclesia.org.uk /faqs/ecclesia.html (917 words)

	Ecclesia Center - Our Beginnings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Ecclesia Center was founded as a consultation center in 1981, ministering to priests and women and men religious in the Diocese of Erie, Pennsylvania.
		Much pruning has taken place over the last seventeen years: incorporation of Ecclesia Center and the untimely death of Rev. Francis Chiaramonte in 1990; the resignation and retirement of Rev. Cornelius Van der Poel, CCPs in 1991; a collaborative model of leadership and administration chosen by the present staff.
		Ecclesia Center continues to be a residential center extending the invitation of co-responsibility in one's healing process to all people in ministry; women and men religious, priests and the laity.
	www.ecclesiacenter.org /our_beginnings.htm (249 words)

	Ecclesia Ministries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Ecclesia joins homeless and housed people in worship, pastoral care, street ministry, support and education groups, and other aspects of community.
		Ecclesia Ministries provides companionship and community to the homeless, a sustaining fellowship that distinguishes Ecclesia from other social service agencies serving the homeless.
		Ecclesia also enjoys strong support from individual donors who have provided seed money for staff positions, consultants, and the establishment of an endowment.
	www.ecclesia-ministries.org /about.cgi (1440 words)

	WWB/Ecclesia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Paul alludes to this in writing to Timothy, when he likens the ecclesia to a house and a pillar: "… the house of God, which is the ecclesia of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth" (1 Timothy 3:15).
		The ecclesia is likened to a body with Christ as the head: "And he is the head of the body, the ecclesia" (Colossians 1:18); "Now ye [the ecclesia] are the body of Christ, and members in particular" 1 Corinthians 12:27).
		Christ loves the ecclesia as a husband should love his wife; such is his love that he gave himself for the ecclesia (v.25).
	homepage.ntlworld.com /d.brierley16/weccl.htm (800 words)

	History of Ecclesia College (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Transdenominational in its scope, Ecclesia began building and serving a growing network of local, national, and international enterprises with community leaders and pastors of all denominations and fellowships committed to the advancement of God’s kingdom.
		In March of 1997 Ecclesia’s Board of Governance inaugurated Oren Paris III as the new president, who expanded the campus to 200 acres with extensive plans for future growth and development.
		Ecclesia alumni have been model influences in today’s professions, enterprises, and churches, and haved touched 106 nations.
	www.ecollege.edu /history.htm (452 words)

	Introduction to the Ecclesia Gnostica
		The Ecclesia Gnostica exists for the purpose of upholding the Gnostic tradition and to administer the holy sacraments to those of God's people who are attracted to the altars of the Gnosis.
		After the establishment of the Ecclesia Gnostica in the United States, the Gnostic Society has united with the Ecclesia and is now functioning as its affiliated lay organization.
		Its head, Bishop Rosamonde Miller, was ordained to the priesthood and subsequently consecrated to the episcopate of the Ecclesia Gnostica by Bishop Hoeller.
	www.webcom.com /~gnosis/ecclesia/ecclesia.htm (1838 words)

	The Place of the Ecclesia In God's Purpose -- Part One
		In Acts 7:38, we have a reference to "the ecclesia in the wilderness," but the context shows that this clearly refers to the out-called ones from Egypt, the nation of Israel under Moses, condemned to a period of wandering in the wilderness because of their lack of faith in God.
		But there is still an ecclesia to which Paul and his companion apostles ministered, described by him as "the ecclesia," "the ecclesia of God" and "the ecclesia which is Christ's body" (1 Cor.12:27,28; 1 Tim.3:5; Eph.1:23).
		It is for this reason that the called ones of any ecclesia should not consider themselves as intrinsically better than their fellows, but should always remember that the reason for their choice is that they may be used by God for the blessing of those who are not thus chosen.
	www.godstruthfortoday.org /Library/essex/ThePlaceOfTheEcclesia001.htm (2723 words)

	Ecclesia, the Cosmic Mother (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Mary is a divinized woman and Ecclesia is divinized creation; though neither are God Incarnate like Christ, together they form the created echo of the Incarnation.
		Ecclesia shares so intimately in Jesus' life that she is an actual extension of Christ-the "corporate Christ", if you will.
		*Ecclesia (pronounces eh-klay'see-uh), the Latin word for "Church", is sometimes used as a proper name when one wishes to emphasize the fact that Holy Mother Church is a mystical Person, not a mere society or organization, as the word "Church" might imply to some.
	home.nyc.rr.com /mysticalrose/ecclesia.html (2740 words)

	What is the Ecclesia, part 1 of 3 - The Lawful Path
		It (ecclesia) was the name given to the governmental assembly of the city of Athens, duly convoked (called out) by proper officers and possessing all political power including even juridical functions.
		As used as a translation of the Latin and Greek 'ecclesia,' in its pre-Christian sense, it means congregations and, later, of retrospective application of the Christian sense, to the Israelites and the Old Testament saints.
		When you consider the fact that "ecclesia" was "a civil body politic," this is strong proof that the Christian ecclesia we read about in the New Testament was an independent civil body of Christians -- independent from human kings and governors.
	land.netonecom.net /tlp/ref/ecclesia/ecclesia1of3.shtml (4457 words)

	Pope John Paul II's New America: Ecclesia in America: Fr. Richard John Neuhaus should withdraw Appointment in Rome
		Ecclesia in America is about radical discipleship as the fruit of a "fresh, authentic," encounter with Christ, leading to conversion, communion and solidarity with the outcast, the poor, the marginalized, the weakest in society, including the unborn.
		N.'s revolution against the British, Ecclesia in America presents as examples the saints and martyrs of the many countries of America and asks that a book be prepared of those inspired lives.
		The Holy Father did so when he presented Ecclesia in America and proclaimed December 12 a great feast in all America, reminding us that Our Lady of Guadalupe is the Queen and Patroness of all America, the Star of the New Evangelization, "her mestiza face the perfect inculturation of the Gospel" (No.11, No.70).
	www.cjd.org /paper/ecclesia.html (2508 words)

	ECCLESIA: Purposely postmodern
		Seay is pastor of Ecclesia Church in the Montrose section of Houston, an area historically known for its arts, prostitution and large homosexual population--and an area
		Although the congregation meets for worship at a building owned by South Main Baptist Church, Ecclesia is renovating an older, smaller church building for use as office space, an art gallery, small concert venue, cafe and recording studio.
		Ecclesia attempts to reach these postmoderns by adapting its worship service to be more compatible to their thought patterns.
	www.baptiststandard.com /2001/10_8/pages/ecclesia.html (1213 words)

	Augusta Georgia: features@ugusta: In Ecclesia, we find an assembly that is called by God himself 03/14/98
		The term Ecclesia is of classical Greek origin, deriving from the verb in Greek ``to convene,'' meaning an assembly of citizens convened by lay leadership for political or other reasons of city or state concern.
		In the Septuagint, the term Ecclesia is used 96 times, mostly with shades of meaning deriving from the purpose of convening the assembly and from its function while in session.
		The Lord himself used the term Ecclesia twice: in St. Matthews Gospel 16:18, where he speaks of his church (Ecclesia) to be founded on the rock of faith, and in 18:17 and following, where he appoints his apostles shepherds of his church.
	chronicle.augusta.com /stories/031498/fea_column.shtml (396 words)

	The Reformed Reader - Ecclesia, The Church - B. H. Carroll (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		As examples of the abstract use of ecclesia that is in the sense of an institution, we cite Matthew 16:18; Ephesians 3:10, 21.
		Ecclesia remains throughout an organized assembly whose members are properly called out from their private homes or business to attend to public affairs.
		Thucydides 6,8: – "And the Athenians having convened an assembly (ecclesia)...
	www.reformedreader.org /ekk.htm (12686 words)

	In Defense of Sola Ecclesia -- Apolonio's Catholic Apologetics, Philosophy, Spirituality
		The definition of Sola Ecclesia is that the Church has the authority to interpret the Scriptures and Tradition.
		The phrase "Sola Ecclesia" is actually the whole truth; the Church that has with her two other authorities (Scripture and Tradition), and the fullness of Christ.
		You are part of the ecclesia that many have died for and in which many saints have lived and are living.
	www.bringyou.to /apologetics/a29.htm (1966 words)

	The Local Ecclesia, Its Gifts and Government, by Adolph E. Knoch
		The gifts seem to have been given to the ecclesia as the body of Christ, hence are not confined to a local ecclesia (1 Cor.12: 27) even though they are called members of a part, which we may take to be the local company.
		It will be seen from this that the ecclesia is not a democratic institution, in which all are to be accorded the same privileges and honors.
		But I have always insisted that all such things as the hour and place of meeting, all financial matters, the choice of speakers, the help of the poor, disciplinary proceedings, and all which belongs to supervision and demands mature judgment, be left to the elders, of whom there were several.
	www.godstruthfortoday.org /Library/knoch/TheLocalEcclesiaItsGiftsAndGovernment.htm (2685 words)

	Watchman.Net \| Escape From Churchianity
		The Church, the Lord's Ecclesia, is the synthesis of individuals who have the Revelation of Jesus and have come to Him to receive Him as their Life.
		The Church, the Ecclesia, is the synthesis of individuals who have the Revelation of Jesus and have come to Him to receive Him as their Life.
		Meanwhile, what drives the Real Church, the Ecclesia, is invisible, spiritual, ethereal, in the world but not of the world, hidden, veiled, hard to describe in terms we can understand.
	www.watchman.net /articles/escape.html (3218 words)

	The Ecclesia of Athens
		The Ecclesia, or Public Assembly, of Athens is something more than the chief governmental organ in the state.
		If this has been a morning when the Ecclesia has been in session, nothing unusual has occurred at first in the busy Agora, except that the jury courts are hardly in action, and a bright flag is whipping the air from the tall flagpole by the Pnyx (the Assembly Place).
		Taking the vote in the Ecclesia is a very simple matter when it is a plain question of "yes" or "no" on a proposition.
	www.ellopos.net /elpenor/greek-texts/ancient-greece/old-athens-ecclesia.asp (2888 words)

	Ecclesia Dei (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		This is why the Pontifical Commission "Ecclesia Dei" exhorts these priests to accept concelebration with their bishop since its task is precisely to facilitate this ecclesial communion of priests and faithful while guaranteeing the respect for their spiritual and liturgical traditions.
		Bisig had been, in effect, "deposed" by the Ecclesia Dei commission which is said to have been displeased by Bisig's announcement earlier this year that the the FSSP would opt to "renounce" the "right" of its priests to concelebrate the New Rite of Mass with the local bishop as a sign of ecclesial unity.
		The action of the Ecclesia Dei Commission in postponing the General Chapter and depriving Father Bisig of his rightful authority must be seen as a violation of the integrity of the Fraternity, a serious abuse of administrative power, and an offense against natural justice.
	www.tcrnews2.com /genfssp.html (10631 words)

	Christadelphian Ecclesias World Wide
		Click here to access the map and list of the ecclesias in all 50 states.
		This ecclesia maintains the unamended Birmingham Statement of Faith (BUSF) as its basis of fellowship.
		Nearly all ecclesias worldwide hold the Birmingham Amended Statement of Faith (BASF) as their basis of fellowship.
	www.christadelphia.org /ecclesia.htm (206 words)

	THE ECCLESIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		May it be understood, however, that the ecclesia is not already built as an institution upon "Restoration principles," as is often preached.
		It is not an institutional container, established and organized, for content of "membership." Christ builds His ecclesia (ibid), and a building, spiritual or otherwise, is not an institution.
		The ecclesia is of people, saints, and not an institution, nor organization, for saints to be "members" in.
	www.theexaminer.org /volume1/number3/v1n3a1.htm (681 words)

	Ecclesia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Hort comments, "Thus ecclesia, as the primary Greek representative of qahal would naturally for Greek-speaking Jews mean the congregation of Israel quite as much as an assembly of the congregation." (The Christian Ecclesia, p.
		It is from this Septuagint background of the use of qahal and ecclesia that Jesus and the apostles, particularly Paul, use the word ecclesia in the New Testament.
		It is not unexpected, then, that the New Testament speaks of the ecclesia (church) in the sense of all the saved (unassembled) and of the ecclesiae (churches) in the individual local sense (assembled).
	www.bmaweb.net /AlphaO/papers/ecclesia.htm (1382 words)

	A Historical Brief of The Gnostic Catholic Ecclesia: Part I
		The movement of this hidden ecclesia persisted throughout the 19th century in France and drew many Grand Masters of the Arcane Orders, who also continued to move in the shadows of the ongoing mystic and esoteric movements of this fascinating period.
		With the death of Pedro Freire in 1977 the Synod of the Gnostic Catholic and Apostolic Ecclesia failed to elect a successor and permitted the Ecclesia to become autocephalous (independent of external and patriarchal authority).
		The Gnostic Catholic Ecclesia continues to acknoledge and maintain a concordance with numerous of the chains of ancient and classical traditions of initiation.
	www.geocities.com /ega_church/hist1.html (2069 words)

	The Ecclesia Dei Permission? TCRNews2.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		In short, the Ecclesia Dei permission must be applied according to the mind of Pope John Paul II, and the Holy Father desires the reconciliation of traditionalists who have broken communion with the Church.
		My objective in addressing myself to you now is precisely to encourage you in the exercise of your pastoral mission to those who legitimately request the celebration of the Holy Mass according to the 1962 typical edition of the Roman Missal.
		I invoke upon all of you the protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Queen of the Apostles, and the plenitude of heavenly graces, which God wishes to confer upon you: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
	www.tcrnews2.com /genindult2a.html (4336 words)

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