Ecclesia (

Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...

: ἐκκλησία ''ekklēsia'') may refer to:

Organizations

Ecclesia (ancient Greece) The ecclesia or ekklesia ( el, ) was the assembly of the citizens in city-states of ancient Greece. The ekklesia of Athens The ekklesia of ancient Athens is particularly well-known. It was the popular assembly, open to all male citizens as so ...

or Ekklēsia, the principal assembly of ancient Greece during its Golden Age *

Ecclesia (Sparta) The ecclesia or ekklesia (Greek: ἐκκλησία) was the citizens' assembly in the Ancient Greek city-state of Sparta. Unlike its more famous counterpart in Athens, the Spartan assembly had limited powers, as it did not debate; citizens coul ...

, the citizens' assembly of Sparta, often wrongly called apella * The Greek and Latin term for the Christian Church as a whole *

Ekklesia (think tank) Ekklesia is a not-for-profit British think tank which examines the role of religion on public life and policy in the UK. History Ekklesia was founded in 2002 by Jonathan Bartley and Simon Barrow. In September 2002, Ekklesia launched a Sunday ...

, a British think tank examining the role of religion in public life * Ecclesia College, a four-year Christian work college in Springdale, Arkansas * Ekklesia Project, an ecumenical Christian network to promote a more active and God-centered faith *

Qahal The ''qahal'' ( he, קהל) was a theocratic organizational structure in ancient Israelite society according to the Hebrew Bible. See column345-6 The Ashkenazi Jewish system of a self-governing community or kehila from medieval Christian Europe ...

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

Religion

Ecclesia Dei ''Ecclesia Dei'' is the document Pope John Paul II issued on 2 July 1988 in reaction to the Ecône consecrations, in which four priests of the Society of Saint Pius X were ordained as bishops despite an express prohibition by the Holy See. The ...

, a statement or ''motu proprio'' issued by Pope John Paul II in 1988 * Ecclesiae Regimen, a reformation declaration against the Church in England of the Late Middle Ages * Ecclesia and Synagoga, a pair of figures personifying the Roman Catholic Church and the Jewish synagogue found in medieval Christian art *

Church militant and church triumphant In some strains of Christian theology, the Christian Church may be divided into: *the Church Militant (), also called the Church Pilgrim which consists of Christians on earth who struggle as soldiers of Christ against sin, the devil, and "the r ...

(''ecclesia militans'', ''ecclesia triumphans''), Christians who are living on earth and those who are in heaven * Mater Ecclesiae, a monastery inside Vatican City *

Mother Church Mother church or matrice is a term depicting the Christian Church as a mother in her functions of nourishing and protecting the believer. It may also refer to the primary church of a Christian denomination or diocese, i.e. a cathedral or a metropo ...

(Latin ''Mater Ecclesiae''), a reference to the Roman Catholic Church, or to other Christian churches or movements *

Nea Ekklesia The Nea Ekklēsia ( gkm, Νέα Ἐκκλησία, "New Church"; known in English as "The Nea") was a church built by Byzantine Emperor Basil I the Macedonian in Constantinople between 876 and 880. It was the first monumental church built in th ...

, a church built by Byzantine Emperor Basil I the Macedonian in Constantinople between the years 876–80 * Christian Church, the whole Christian religious tradition throughout history *

Congregation A congregation is a large gathering of people, often for the purpose of worship. Congregation may also refer to: * Church (congregation), a Christian organization meeting in a particular place for worship *Congregation (Roman Curia), an administr ...

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

sociological classifications of religious movements Various sociological classifications of religious movements have been proposed by scholars. In the sociology of religion, the most widely used classification is the church-sect typology. The typology is differently construed by different sociolog ...

, a religion less pervasive in a society than a ''church'' but more so than a ''sect''

Other uses

* ''Ekklesia'', a 2008 album by For Today * '' Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia'', a 2008 Nintendo DS video game * Mount Ecclesia, nature grounds in Oceanside, California with the international headquarters of The Rosicrucian Fellowship * The bi-annual international convention and governing body of the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta * The seventh song on

Kamelot Kamelot is an American power metal band from Tampa, Florida, formed by Thomas Youngblood, in 1987. The Norwegian vocalist Roy Khan joined for the album '' Siége Perilous'', and shared songwriting credit with Youngblood until his departure in A ...

's album " Haven" is titled "Ecclesia"

Organizations

Religion

Other uses

See also