Ecclesia

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Ecclesia or Ekklesia (Ancient Greek: ἐκκλησία, romanized: ekklēsia) may refer to:

Organizations

• Ecclesia (ancient Greece) or ekklēsia, the principal assembly of ancient Greece during its Golden Age
• Ekklesia, generally thought to have been the name of the ancient Spartan Assembly.
• The Greek and Latin term for the Christian Church as a whole
• Ekklesia (think tank), 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
• Ecclesia Athletic Association, a youth athletic program in the United States
• Qahal or Ekklesia, a theocratic organisational structure in ancient Israelite society

Religion

• Ecclesia Dei, 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 (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 (Latin Mater Ecclesiae), a reference to the Roman Catholic Church, or to other Christian churches or movements
• Nea Ekklesia, 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 is a large gathering of people, often for the purpose of worship.
• In the sociological classifications of religious movements, 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
• Ecclesia orans, an academic journal on Christian liturgy
• The bi-annual international convention and governing body of the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta
• The seventh song on Kamelot's album "Haven" is titled "Ecclesia"

See also

• Ecclesia Catholica (disambiguation)
• Ecclesiastes (disambiguation)
• Ad Universalis Ecclesiae, an 1862 papal constitution by Pope Pius IX dealing with the conditions for admission to Catholic religious orders
• Advocatus Ecclesiae, lay persons of noble birth who defended a particular church or monastery during the Middle Ages
• De triumphis ecclesiae, a Latin epic written c. 1250 by Johannes de Garlandia
• Ecclesiam a Jesu Christo, a Papal constitution promulgated by Pius VII in 1821
• Ecclesiam suam, a 1964 encyclical of Pope Paul VI on the Catholic Church
• Ex Corde Ecclesiae, a 1990 apostolic constitution written by Pope John Paul II regarding Catholic colleges and universities
• Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus, a Latin phrase meaning "Outside the Church there is no salvation"
• Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, a list of ministers from the Established Church of Scotland
• Fabrica ecclesiae, a Roman Catholic Latin term for the funds necessary for the construction of a church
• Lamentatio sanctae matris ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae, a motet by the Renaissance composer Guillaume Dufay
• Libertas ecclesiae, emancipation from ecclesiastical authority, which guided the movement of Reform begun in the 11th century
• Ordinarium Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae, a document that established a voting procedure for the papal conclave
• Regimini militantis Ecclesiae, a papal bull promulgated by Pope Paul III in 1540 establishing the Jesuits
• Universalis Ecclesiae, an 1850 bull of Pope Pius IX that recreated the Roman Catholic hierarchy in England
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