ecclesiastes

Church, when not taken for a house, signifieth the same that ecclesia signified in the Grecian Commonwealths; that is to say, a congregation, or an assembly of citizens, called forth to hear the magistrate speak unto them; and which in the Commonwealth of Rome was called concio, as he that spake was called ecclesiastes, and concionator.

Leviathan 2007

Read ecclesiastes!!!!! it says there is a time for war and a time for peace.

Think Progress » O’Reilly Responds: “What I Said Isn’t Controversial. What I Said Needed to Be Said.” 2005

Saturday's pic of the day - garden pic of the day - ecclesiastes 3:2

November 2005 Karyn Romeis 2005

Œcolampadius answered with his "Antisyngramma ad ecclesiastes Suevos"

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

Church, when not taken for a house, signifieth the same that ecclesia signified in the Grecian Commonwealths; that is to say, a congregation, or an assembly of citizens, called forth to hear the magistrate speak unto them; and which in the Commonwealth of Rome was called concio, as he that spake was called ecclesiastes, and concionator.

Leviathan, or, The matter, forme, & power of a common-wealth ecclesiasticall and civill 1651