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Spiritual Church Word 18
The Greek word "evangelium" originally meant a reward for good news given to the messenger ("eu"= "good," "angelium" = "I bring a message"). The word "angel" is of the same root in the word as "good news." This latter term gives rise to the word 'Gospel.'"1 The modern word "church" comes from the Scottish word "kirk" and from the Greek "kyriake." The Greek and Latin word for church is "ecclesia" which is used of the congregation or "assembly" in a Jewish Synagogue or early Christian Household of Faith. The New Testament Greek word "ecclesia." translates the Hebrew word, "kahal" meaning "assembly." The word "ecclesia" has two parts, "ek" meaning "out of," and "klesis" meaning "a calling." These words combine to make "church" an assembly "called apart to the Lord." In the New Testament writings, church is invariably a local small worshiping group of Christians rather than a building. It is simply a group of people who are "called apart" to worship the Lord.
The word "spirituality" is used often nowadays. "Spirituality" in a narrow sense, concerns itself with matters of the spirit, a concept closely tied to religious belief, the church and faith, a transcendent reality, and God. Spiritual matters are thus those matters regarding humankind's ultimate nature and purpose, not only as material biological organisms, but as beings with a unique relationship to that which is beyond both time and the material world."1
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