Unger said the Greek word koinonia is the empowerment of a community - "a community that comes together to accomplish things," he said. From Wordnik.com. [The Herald-Mail Online]
Remembering now that twice only is the Greek word koinonia, which we ordinarily translate "communion," used in reference to the Lord's Supper, and that the two instances in the. From Wordnik.com. [Once a Methodist; Now a Baptist. Why?] Reference
I love the Greek word "koinonia," which often has the misfortune of getting translated into the timeworn, religious word "fellowship.". From Wordnik.com. [Catapult Magazine] Reference
She was born and raised in a sugar plantation community on Hawai'i Island, then belonged to a Jesuit "koinonia" at the Paulist Center in Boston. From Wordnik.com. [Tucson Citizen] Reference
Sacramentum Vitae: The Trinitarian basis of koinonia skip to main. From Wordnik.com. [The Trinitarian basis of koinonia] Reference
We can be human only in fellowship, in community, in koinonia, in peace. From Wordnik.com. [Desmond Tutu - Nobel Lecture] Reference
Thus on the Catholic account of episcopal collegiality, the college of bishops is not a true communion or koinonia as commonly understood in the first millennium. From Wordnik.com. [Authority and Koinonia] Reference
Similarly, one might say that the koinonia of the college of bishops is not crushed but rather facilitated by its having a head who sees his authority as service not domination. From Wordnik.com. [Authority and Koinonia] Reference
Since each individual Eucharistic koinonia is an expression of a larger community, it is subject to the regulation and direction expressed, however imperfectly, by that larger community. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-04-01] Reference
This passage accentuates the human dimension of koinonia. From Wordnik.com. [www.markdroberts.com] Reference
It is the Eucharist that guides us into this sort of sharing life of koinonia. From Wordnik.com. [Catapult Magazine] Reference
We will deal with how Frank attempts to get around this distinction between koinonia and doxology in a bit. From Wordnik.com. [Ben Witherington] Reference
In the first book, Aristotle discusses the origin of the state and its composition as political community (koinonia politike). From Wordnik.com. [Jon Aquino's Mental Garden] Reference
There is no koinonia for us, no “fellowship in his sufferings,” because he suffers outside of all known terms of moral obligation. From Wordnik.com. [The Vicarious Sacrifice, Grounded in Principles of Universal Obligation.] Reference
Another eternal question concerns the real-world application; if these kids are neurosurgeons 20 years from now, will it help to know how to spell "koinonia?". From Wordnik.com. [Can't Stop The Bleeding] Reference
Some, by their fellowship in the gospel, understand their liberality towards propagating the gospel, and translate koinonia, not communion, but communication. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)] Reference
"koinonia" and Pentecost • "They devoted themselves to the apostles 'teaching and to the fellowship (koinonia)" • "The whole congregation of believers was united as one" Acts. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Cor., ix, 13) called by the special name "communion" (koinonia). From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy] Reference
7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have NT: 2842 koinonia (koy-nohn-ee'-ah); from NT: 2844; partnership, i.e. (literally) participation, or. From Wordnik.com. [inJesus :: Online Community :: Last posted message] Reference
"made conformable unto his death," Phil.iii. 10; -- this koinonia ton pathematon is an interest in the benefit of his sufferings; we also are made partakers thereof. From Wordnik.com. [Pneumatologia] Reference
Priesthood is rooted in koinonia. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-06-01] Reference
The Trinitarian basis of koinonia. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-10-01] Reference
They also devoted themselves to "fellowship" koinonia in Greek). From Wordnik.com. [www.markdroberts.com] Reference
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