The fellowship goes back to the word in Aramaic "Chaburah or chaber, a comrade or companion , friend" they formed a small communities and expanded as an ecclesia, and were shot through and through of the Holy Spirit unlike today.

  which got us a lot of what see today, but back to the core. see Woe OesterleyThe jewish back ground of the christian litergy1925 pp 167,172

The word according to the study was changed to church in the latin form from ecclesia would support the pagan sway of the sun god attached with the Circe-term old latin MSS,  term as the word orgins come fromkirk or church was not found in scriptures . Uncetainty as to why that remains  is the question,  Sun god worship was very common  in Rome and under Constantine as it was added in latter on and used by others..

They were based on friendship the Spirit in them increased his  power of love and unity came out of it,Spirit awarenesss there was no ownership or priest created to once again we see  injections  human mediums over them but it was purely Spirit led ihnthe origanal, they met Saturday nights and ate meals together and shared the works of the spirit amoung them.

The fellow ship was intensely christocentric and Christ concious, they were aware of the direct activity of the Holy Spirittowards  each other, unlike the divided condition of today where he has been largely authorized by various filter grids.


The Hopwood story is  specific on the key issues of body, the actual spirituality of the body of those times before sungod worship and the philosphies drafted themselvews in intothe thinking  often stifling I would assume.
 The fellowship was the Koinonia, friends gathered they were conscious of the Spirit in them, their fellowship was aware of their relationship fully. The fellowship is driven of the Spirit in them, they are evidencing the presence of God / Holy Spirit, the third part of the trinity  is active in  his forms of operation, there were philosophers or  mediums to supervise the Holy Sprit ministry  unlike today where we have many forms of media like  controls. God went through common people,  , he spoke for himself. He did not a need a tax break, or compromise "his saving power and miracles" jesus cenrtal all the way.  He referred to them as "My eccleasia".

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They were not or ever in  a formal organizatrion at all quote ;hopwood it is the creative power of jesus Christ biding us together out of experience with a living savior centerd in Jesus Christ spontanously influencing the  emergance of the ecclesia in many places . 



 "Jesus viewed it as My ecclesia" My Isreal

The members of this new community were   "friends" deeply  spiritually  bonded in awareness.

They were ruled by the Spirit, phil 2;1 2 Corth13;14, later he says the fellowship is brought about by the  intercoarse with the Holy Spirit as deep personal relationship with him. Which all christians were expericing  among them . The ecclesia is not the invention of men or Paul it was brought about by the God the Holy Spirit.

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