Ekklesia (Citizens' Assembly)
EN — Transliteration: Ekklēsía
Today almost universally translated as 'Church'. However, its original meaning has absolutely nothing clerical, sacred, or architectural about it. It is a secular word for a democratic assembly of peers.
Ekklesia (ἐκκλησία) was sacralized to justify clerical power. However, in antiquity, it was a purely secular term designating the assembly of equal citizens in a democratic city.
Perspective Conceptuelle
Symbolic Visualization: The horizontal assembly of equal citizens gathered around a common center.
Source Historique / Géographique
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