The Various Names and Images of the Church

• Church


  An assembly or convocation of people, particularly for a religious purpose or gathering
• The word "church" comes from the Latin word "ecclesia" which means "convocation" or "assembly", which is derived from the Greek word "ekkalein" meaning "to call out" usually used in old Greek test to designate the assembly of chosen people before God.
• The English word "church" and the German word "kirche" both come from the Greek "Kyriake", related to "Kyrios" meaning "Lord", which means "what belongs to the Lord"
• Church (in Christian usage)


  Includes the liturgical assembly, the local community, or the whole universal community of believers
• The Church is the people that God gathers in the whole world, the household of God, the flock of the sheep of Christ, a cultivated field, the building of God
• The Church is referred to by many names to describe it, such as the house of God, the household of God in the Spirit, the dwelling-place of God among people, and the holy temple
• The Church is the assembly of baptized persons who have a common faith in Jesus Christ, the Church that Jesus Himself established, the Body of Christ, the family of God, the one holy, catholic, and apostolic church
• Church means an assembly of people. The church is a gathering of people who intend to pray, to worship God, to listen to God’s Word, and to celebrate the Holy Eucharist.
• Who founded the church


  Christ
• The Church is also called a sheepfold, the flock of the sheep of Christ, of which He is the door and the shepherd.