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The Greek word ekklesia ([[Εκκλησια]]) is translated as "church" in English.
This word ekklesia was used in ancient [[Koine Greek|Greek]] to mean "gathering" or "assembly"in a political sense. In the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament, the [[LXX]], the word ekklesia occurs over 200 times (usually as a translation from the Hebrew word qahal), most commonly to refer to the assembly of the covenant people of God. In the [[New Testament]] the word ekklesia occurs in the [[gospels]] only twice ([[Matthew 16:16]] and [[Matthew 18:20]]), but it occurs many times elsewhere in the [[New Testament]].
From the Greek root ekklesia, the English word Ecclesiology is derived, which is the study of the doctrine of the church.
George Mueller
: An unvisited church will sooner or later become an unhealthy church.
Ignatius of Antioch
: Where the bishop, there the church (''Ubi episcopus, ibi ecclesia.'')
Eugene de Mazenod
: To love Jesus Christ means to love the church
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