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'.