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Line 35: − ==Etymology== − The word '''church''' comes, through the Old English ''circe'', from the [[Koine Greek]] κυριακον (''kyriakon''), which means "Lord's House".
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The mosaic Byzantine [[Madaba map]] of Jerusalem shows the location and the room as being adjacent to another structure - the Church of the Holy Apostles, indicating that it was considered as particularly important or held holy in the Byzantine period. The later huge Crusader period Church of St. Mary, built at the same spot as the earlier Byzantine church, is shown by archeology to have actually included the room within the Church structure. This then was the most likely first Church and home to the Believers in Jesus before the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. The "Church House", possibly the home of Mark, that would later be called "[[The Church of the Holy Apostles]]" and the "Mother of all Churches" - (The Liturgy of St. James).
The mosaic Byzantine [[Madaba map]] of Jerusalem shows the location and the room as being adjacent to another structure - the Church of the Holy Apostles, indicating that it was considered as particularly important or held holy in the Byzantine period. The later huge Crusader period Church of St. Mary, built at the same spot as the earlier Byzantine church, is shown by archeology to have actually included the room within the Church structure. This then was the most likely first Church and home to the Believers in Jesus before the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. The "Church House", possibly the home of Mark, that would later be called "[[The Church of the Holy Apostles]]" and the "Mother of all Churches" - (The Liturgy of St. James).
==Etymology==
The word '''church''' comes, through the Old English ''circe'', from the [[Koine Greek]] κυριακον (''kyriakon''), which means "Lord's House".
==See also==
==See also==
*[[Famous Cathedrals]]
*[[Famous Cathedrals]]
[[Category:Christianity]][[Category:Places of Worship]]
[[Category:Christianity]][[Category:Places of Worship]]