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3 unusual facts about Ecclesia


Ecclesia

Mount Ecclesia, nature grounds in Oceanside, California with the international headquarters of The Rosicrucian Fellowship

Congregation is a large gathering of people, often for the purpose of worship.

Qahal or Ekklesia, a theocratic organisational structure in ancient Israelite society


Civil religion

Socrates was charged, tried, found guilty and condemned to death by drinking hemlock by the Athenian ecclesia.

Eccles, Kent

The name "Eccles" comes from the Latin word "ecclesia" meaning church, and suggests that a post-Roman Christian community existed in the village beyond the Roman withdrawal and into the Saxon period.

Heinrich Blyssen

Attacked by Jacob Heerbrand on his doctrine concerning the Church, he published a defense of his thesis as Defensio assertionum theologicarum de verâ et sacrosanctâ Christi, quam habet in terris, Ecclesiâ militante (Ingolstadt, 1577).

Kreuzschule

In 1388 the church was reconsecrated as ecclesia sanctae crucis (Holy Cross Church) in recognition of its Reliquary, holding what was believed to be a piece of the True Cross.

Queen Ethelburga's School

The School foundation stone was laid on 21 October 1910 by Viscountess Mountgarret, its inscription was ‘Pro deo et ecclesia’ – For God and the Church.

Regesta

Jaffé, "Regesta Pontificum Romanorum ab condita ecclesia ad annum p. Chr. n. 1198"; 2nd ed.

Socinianism

Fausto Sozzini furthered his influence through his Racovian Catechism, published posthumously, which set out his uncle Lelio's views on Christology and replaced earlier catechisms of the Ecclesia Minor. His influence continued after his death through the writings of his students published in Polish and Latin from the press of the Racovian Academy at Raków, Kielce County.

Špitalič pri Slovenskih Konjicah

The church in the village, dedicated to the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is the only remaining part of the Ecclesia minor (lay monastery) associated with the nearby Carthusian monastery.


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