From: ross purdy (rossjpurdy@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Jul 30 2001 - 17:57:31 EDT
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Dear Mark and list,
The early Church had no concept of "regularly scheduled church services"
until after Constantine. Their assembling together was natural and organic,
not artificial and organized. Even for the Jews, coming together at the
synagogue was a cultural touchstone which included their faith in the God of
Israel, not some mere "regularly scheduled church meeting". IMHO it is an
anachronistic mistake to assume that what christians do today on Sunday has
anything to do with what the saints did back then any day of the week.
In Christ
Ross Purdy
rossjpurdy@hotmail.com
>From: PAProphet@aol.com
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>To: Biblical Greek <b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
>Subject: [b-greek] sunagoge verses episunagoge
>Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 08:37:46 EDT
>
>Hello,
> Here is a part of a devotional which was sent to me. I was wondering
>if
>you would agree with the authors conclusion.
>
>
>The Greek word under "assembling" in Hebrews 10:25 is “episunagoge”.
>“Episunagoge” is only used twice in the New Testament, once in our
>passage,
>Hebrews 10:25 and in 2 Thessalonians 2:1. In 2 Thessalonians 2:1, it speaks
>of our “gathering together” in the air to meet Jesus at the Rapture of
>the
>Church.
>
>The use of “episunagoge” in Hebrews 10:25 is unusual and profound!
>Normally, the author would have used the word "sunagoge" or regularly
>scheduled worship services, as in James 2:2 where “sunagoge” is
>translated
>“assembly”. But the Hebrew Christians are urged to "EPIsunagoge".
>The "EPI" in front of "sunagoge" adds the meaning “super”, or "over and
>above". So, God’s Word here is not telling the Hebrew Christians to go
>to
>regularly scheduled church meetings, but to exhort one another informally
>between the regular scheduled church services.
>
>Mark Thompson
>
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