| 单词 | house church |
| 释义 | > as lemmashouse church house church n. a house where members of a particular religious organization or group meet to pray; (also) a sect or religious organization whose ceremonies and activities take place in the houses of its members, rather than in a purpose-built church.Sometimes, with reference to St Paul's ‘the church that is in their house’ (Romans 16:5, 1 Corinthians 16:19, etc.), taken as a model of worship. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > kinds of rite > home > [noun] house church1644 1644 S. Rutherford Due Right of Presbyteries x. 319 We are not to thinke that..one Congregation [did] meet in a house, or that one House-Church, or House-Congregation..did try and censure those that called themselves Iewes. 1754 tr. in J. Gambold Modest Plea for Church of Brethren 4 Such House-churches we read of in the Apostles Times. 1893 Biblical World July 43 It may be noted that in every case where a house-church is mentioned in Paul's letters, there is a woman in the house. 1964 New Society 26 Mar. 5/2 Four house-churches meet regularly on week nights in people's homes in Notting Hill. They are a mixture of discussion, worship, sharing of problems and a social occasion. 2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 9 Jan. iv. 1/1 In China, underground ‘house churches’ are proliferating so quickly that neither the authorities nor Christian leaders can keep reliable count. < as lemmas |
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