APPENDIX

LIST OF SCRIPTURES IN WHICH THE WORD "ECCLESIA" (AS A RELIGIOUS TERM) OCCURS

THE SCRIPTURE

1. On this rock I will build my church (Mat.

16:18).

2. If he refuse to hear, tell it to the church (Mat.

18:17).

3. If he neglect to hear the church (Mat. 18:17)

4.

THE SCOPE

DIVINE.

HUMAN.

HUMAN.

Great fear came on the whole church (Acts 5:11) 5. The church in the wilderness (Acts 7:38).

6. A great persecution against the church (Acts 8:1) HUMAN. 7. Saul laid waste the church (Acts 8:3) 8. The church throughout all Judæa, Galilee, Samaria

9. Report came to the ears of the church (Acts

II:22)

10. Came together in the church (Acts 11:26)

II. Put forth his hands to harm some of the church

(Acts 12:1).

HUMAN.

12. Prayer was earnestly made by the church (Acts 12:5) . .

13. In the church that was there (Acts 13:1)
14. Appointed elders for them in every church (Acts

16. Having been sent forward by the church (Acts

17. Having been welcomed by the church (Acts 15:4) HUMAN.

HUMAN.

18. The apostles, the elders, with the whole church

21. Went up and saluted the church (Acts 18:22)
22. Called the elders of the church (Acts 20:17) .
23. Shepherd the church of God (Acts 20:28)
24. The church which is at Cenchræa (Rom. 16:1)
25. All the churches of the Gentiles (Rom. 16:4)
26. The church that is in their house (Rom. 16:5)
27. All the churches of Christ salute you (Rom.
16:16).

28. Gaius my host, and of the whole church, salutes you (Rom. 16:23).

29. The church of God which is in Corinth (1 Cor. 1:2)

30. As I teach everywhere in every church (1 Cor.
4:17)

31. Who are of no esteem in the church (1 Cor. 6:4)
32. So I ordain in all the churches (1 Cor. 7:17)
33. Either to Jews or Greeks, or to the church of God
(1 Cor. 10:32)

HUMAN.

HUMAN.

HUMAN.

HUMAN.

DIVINE.

HUMAN.

34. No such custom, nor the churches of God (1 Cor.

35. When ye come together in church (1 Cor. 11:18) HUMAN. 36. Despise ye the church of God (1 Cor. 11:22) 37. God set some in the church (1 Cor. 12:28) 38. He that prophesies builds up the church (1 Cor.

39. That the church may receive upbuilding (1 Cor.

40. To the upbuilding of the church (1 Cor. 14:12) HUMAN. 41. In church I had rather speak five words (1 Cor.

42. If the whole church is assembled together (1 Cor.

43. Let him keep silence in church (1 Cor. 14:28)

HUMAN.

HUMAN.

44. In all the churches of the saints (1 Cor. 14:33). HUMAN. 45. Let your women keep silence in the churches

(1 Cor. 14:34)

46. Shameful for a woman to speak in church (1 Cor.

HUMAN.

47. Persecuted the church of God (1 Cor. 15:9). HUMAN. 48. As I directed the churches of Galatia (1 Cor.

HUMAN.

49. The churches of Asia salute you (1 Cor. 16:19). HUMAN. 50. The church that is in their house (1 Cor. 16: 19). 51. The church of God which is in Corinth (2 Cor.

52. The churches of Macedonia (2 Cor. 8:1)
53. Throughout all the churches (2 Cor. 8: 18)
54. Appointed by the churches (2 Cor. 8:19)
55. Messengers of the churches (2 Cor. 8:23)
56. Show toward them before the churches (2 Cor.

HUMAN.

HUMAN.

57. Robbed other churches (2 Cor. 11:8)
58. Anxiety for all the churches (2 Cor. 11:28)
59. Inferior to the rest of the churches (2 Cor. 12:13)
60. To the churches of Galatia (Gal. 1:2).
61. Persecuted the church of God (Gal. 1: 13)
62. The churches of Judæa (Gal. 1: 22)
63. Head over all things to the church (Eph. 1:22).
64. Made known through the church (Eph. 3:10)
65. To him be the glory in the church (Eph. 3:21).
66. Christ is head of the church (Eph. 5:23).
67. The church is subjected to Christ (Eph. 5: 24)
68. Christ loved the church (Eph. 5:25)

69. Present to himself the church (Eph. 5:27) 70. Even as Christ the church (Eph. 5:29) 71. Speaking of Christ and of the church (Eph. 5: 32). DIVINE. 72. Persecuting the church (Phil. 3:6)

73. No church communicated with me (Phil. 4:15). 74. The head of the body, the church (Col. 1:18) 75. Sake of his body, which is the church (Col. 1: 24). 76. The church in their house (Col. 4:15) .

77. The church of the Laodiceans (Col. 4: 16)
78. The church of the Thessalonians (1 Thes. I : 1)
79. The churches of God which are in Judæa

HUMAN.

HUMAN.

HUMAN.

80. The church of the Thessalonians (2 Thes. I: 1) HUMAN. 81. Glory in you in the churches of God (2 Thes. I: 4)

82. How shall he take care of the church of God
(1 Tim. 3:5).

83. The church of the living God (1 Tim. 3:15)
84. Let not the church be burdened (1 Tim. 5:16).
85. The church in thy house (Phil. 2)

86. In the midst of the church I will sing praise.

(Heb. 2:12). .

87. Church of the first-born (Heb. 12:23).

88. Let him call for the elders of the church

90. I wrote somewhat to the church (3 Jno. 9)
91. Casts them out of the church (3 Jno. 10)
92. John to the seven churches (Rev. 1:4)
93. Send to the seven churches (Rev. 1:11)

HUMAN.

HUMAN.

HUMAN.

HUMAN.

DIVINE.

HUMAN.

church

HUMAN.

HUMAN.

94. The seven stars are angels of the seven churches

(Rev. 1: 20).

HUMAN.

95. The seven lamp-stands are the seven churches

103. All the churches shall know (Rev. 2:23)

HUMAN.

106. Hear what the Spirit says to the churches (Rev. 3:6).

107. The church in Philadelphia (Rev. 3:7).

108. Hear what the Spirit says to the churches (Rev. 3:13).

109. The church in Laodicea (Rev. 3:14)

HUMAN.

HUMAN.

HUMAN.

HUMAN.

HUMAN.

HUMAN.

110. Hear what the Spirit says to the churches

(Rev. 3: 22).

HUMAN.

III. Testify to you these things in the churches.

(Rev. 22:16)

HUMAN.

Reviewing this list of passages as a whole, we cannot fail to be struck with certain peculiarities. For example:

The word "church," as a religious term, occurs one hundred and eleven times in the New Testament: three times in the Gospels, nineteen times in the Acts, sixty-two times in the Letters of Paul, twice in the Letter to the Hebrews, once in the Letter of James, three times in the Letters of John, twenty times in the Revelation. It does not occur in the Letters of Peter or in the Letter of Jude. It is mentioned ninety-seven times as an ecclesiastical organization or human institution, and fourteen times as a spiritual organization or divine company.

These facts are certainly provocative of serious reflection.