Note 76 — Chapter II
Neil Buchanan translation
Footnote 76:
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The designation of the Christian community as εκκλησια originates perhaps with Paul, though that is by no means certain; see as to this "name of honour," Sohm, Kirchenrecht, Vol. I. p. 16 ff. The words of the Lord, Matt. XVI. 18; XVIII. 17, belong to a later period. According to Gal. I. 22, ταις εν χριστο is added to the ταις εκκλησιαις της Ιουδαιας. The independence of every individual Christian in, and before God is strongly insisted on in the Epistles of Paul, and in the Epistle of Peter, and in the Christian portions of Revelations: εποιησεν 'ημας βασιλειαν, 'ιερεις τω θεο και πατρι αυτου.