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单词 koinonia
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Definition of koinonia in English:

koinonia

noun kɔɪˈnəʊnɪəˌkoinəˈnēə
mass nounTheology
  • Christian fellowship or communion, with God or, more commonly, with fellow Christians.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the Eucharist, Jesus' Spirit unites us with him and the Father in a koinonia that has, following Paul, not only ecclesial but cosmological implications.
    • Those who are in koinonia are in fellowship with Christ, the Spirit, one another, and with the work and suffering of the gospel.
    • It is important in our time creatively to unfold the essential aim of the church, understood as koinonia.
    • It is impossible to grow in koinonia with the living God or with others, when our ‘hearts’ are ‘hard’ in this manner.
    • It's a kind of high doctrine of humanity that is the foundation of the notion of koinonia and belonging together.

Origin

Early 20th century: from Greek koinōnia 'fellowship'.

 
 

Definition of koinonia in US English:

koinonia

nounˌkoinəˈnēə
Theology
  • Christian fellowship or communion, with God or, more commonly, with fellow Christians.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's a kind of high doctrine of humanity that is the foundation of the notion of koinonia and belonging together.
    • It is impossible to grow in koinonia with the living God or with others, when our ‘hearts’ are ‘hard’ in this manner.
    • Those who are in koinonia are in fellowship with Christ, the Spirit, one another, and with the work and suffering of the gospel.
    • It is important in our time creatively to unfold the essential aim of the church, understood as koinonia.
    • In the Eucharist, Jesus' Spirit unites us with him and the Father in a koinonia that has, following Paul, not only ecclesial but cosmological implications.

Origin

Early 20th century: from Greek koinōnia ‘fellowship’.

 
 
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