980. Kapan gereja pertama kali digunakan?

Pertanyaan: 980. Kapan gereja pertama kali digunakan?

Candi dan tempat ibadah telah menjadi fitur peradaban dunia sejak zaman paling awal. Pembangunan gereja-gereja Kristen dapat dikatakan dimulai sekitar masa Konstantinus Agung, ketika Kekristenan menggantikan paganisme dan menjadi semangat pengendali dalam arsitektur dunia Kristen. Namun, pertemuan pertama umat Kristen primitif tidak diadakan di gereja, melainkan di ruangan rumah pribadi atau di udara terbuka. Dalam Kisah Para Rasul 1:13, 15, kita memiliki catatan pertemuan gereja pertama di dalam ruangan atas di Yerusalem, di mana sekitar 120 orang berkumpul untuk ibadah Kristen pertama. Dalam setengah abad berikutnya, sebagai hasil dari upaya misionaris para rasul, gereja-gereja bermunculan di banyak tempat, dan beberapa bangunan mulai didedikasikan hampir secara eksklusif untuk layanan-layanan ini.

Question: 980. When Were Churches First Used?

Temples and places of worship have been a feature of the world's civilization from the very earliest times. The erection of Christian churches may properly be said to date from about the time of Constantine the Great, when Christianity superseded paganism and became the controlling spirit in the architecture of the Christian world. The first assemblies of the primitive Christians, however, were not held in churches, but in the rooms of private houses, or in the open air. In Acts 1 : 13, 15 we have an account of the first church meeting indoors in an "upper room" in Jerusalem, where about 120 persons gathered for the first Christian service. Within the next half century, as the result of the apostles' missionary efforts, churches sprang up in many places, and some buildings began to be devoted almost exclusively to these services.

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