Pentecost: How the Church began
News of the Diocese
May 31, 2017
The Catechism describes the Church as both the ?means and the goal of God?s plan? of communion. The word itself means a convocation or assembly (Latin ecclesia, from the Greek ek-ka-lein, to ?call out of?).
In the Old Testament, ekklesia designated the assembly of the Chosen People, especially on Mt. Sinai where Israel received the Ten Commandment...
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