1.INTRODUCTION

GENERAL OVERVIEW

CHRIST IS THE LIGHT OF HUMANITY (LUMEN GENTIUM)

THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH IN THE MODERN WORLD

TO BE THE SIGN AND INSTRUMENT OF MAN’S FULL UNITY IN CHRIST

THROUGH THE CHURCH

THE LIGHT OF CHRIST SHINES OUT TO ALL MEN

THE CHURCH AS THE SACRAMENT OF CHRIST

INSTRUMENT AND SIGN

RECONCILIATION AND COMMUNION WITH GOD

UNITY AMONG ALL MEN

2. MEANING AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHURCH

1. OLD TESTAMENT VERSION

FROM GREEKEK-KALEIN

TO LATINECCLESIA

MEANING“CALL OUT OF”

QAHAL“ASSEMBLY”

ISRAEL:RECEIVED THE LAW

HOLY PEOPLE OF GOD

USAGE IN GREEK OLD TESTAMENT

ASSEMBLY OF THE CHOSEN PEOPLE OF

GOD

2. FIRST CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY

GREEKKYRIAKE

ENGLISH CHURCH

MEANING“WHAT BELONGS TO GOD”

USAGE IN THE CHRISTIAN CONTEXT

LITURGICAL ASSEMBLY

LOCAL COMMUNITY

UNIVERSAL COMMUNITY OF BELIEVERS

CHURCH

THE PEOPLE

THAT GOD GATHERS IN THE WHOLE WORLD

EXISTS IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES

MADE REAL AS LITURGICAL,

ABOVE ALL, AS EUCHARISTIC ASSEMBLY