koinonia
IPA: kˈɔɪnˈoʊniʌ
noun
- Communion by intimate participation, associated with the Christian church.
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Examples of "koinonia" in Sentences
- I love the Greek word "koinonia," which often has the misfortune of getting translated into the timeworn, religious word "fellowship."
- Unger said the Greek word koinonia is the empowerment of a community - "a community that comes together to accomplish things," he said.
- Greek word koinonia, which we sometimes translate communion, occurs in just twenty different places in the New Testament; in twelve, translated
- She was born and raised in a sugar plantation community on Hawai'i Island, then belonged to a Jesuit "koinonia" at the Paulist Center in Boston.
- Remembering now that twice only is the Greek word koinonia, which we ordinarily translate "communion," used in reference to the Lord's Supper, and that the two instances in the
- "We're probably pulling back from language about sanctions and teeth," he said, noting that there had been a lot of discussion about a framework for "koinonia" -- a Greek word that refers to the relationships of communion.
- The land ethic of the early Christian communities was that of "koinonia" meaning essentially that God was the sole owner of the earth which was given as a gift to all for the "autarkeia," the self-reliant livelihood, of all.
- "social trinitarians" based on a misreading of an a pre-existing analogy that Gregory of Nyssa used concerning 'three men' and a mistranslation of the word 'koinonia' as 'community' rather than 'communion' which was frequently used by the Cappadocians.
- From early on in my faith the idea of house church strongly resonated with me, specifically as I valued what I later found out was called 'koinonia' as well as my reading of Paul, coupled with my anabaptist heritage, never allowed me to understand things like
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