An ecclesia is one of the four members of the most common sociological typology of religious groups -- the other three are the denomination?, the sect and the cult. An ecclesia is a religious group which is strongly integrated with the dominant social and political culture. Often ecclesia are state churches, though they need not be: a state church by definition has official legal recognition of its role in the society, while an ecclesia might not. |
An ecclesia is one of the four members of the most common sociological typology of religious groups -- the other three are the denomination?, the sect and the cult. An ecclesia is a religious group which is strongly integrated with the dominant social and political culture. Often ecclesia are state churches, though they need not be: a state church by definition has official legal recognition of its role in the society, while an ecclesia might not. |