Section 3

Ecclesia, then, is a word compounded of ek, “out of,” and klesis, “a call, or invitation.” Hence an

In the rendering of the original before us 1 have not translated the word ekklesiai, but simply transferred it. It is generally rendered churches; but this word does not express the ideas of ecclesia.

“John to the Seven Ecclesias which are in the Asia: joy to you and peace from the Who is, and Who was, and