Re: [tied] some terms for George ( it was Re: Historical ...)

From: george knysh
Message: 23323
Date: 2003-06-15

--- Piotr Gasiorowski <piotr.gasiorowski@...>
wrote:

The word <church> goes backto early (apparently
pre-Christian!) West Germanic *kirik(j)o:n(ultimately
a loan from Greek)

*****GK: Could this be from the expression "ecclesia
kyriakos", which stems from the Council of Nicaea [325
AD] (as mentioned by Marius)?*****



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