Honestly, I find this research pretty spot on. I have been doing a lot of research on the subject for a paper that I have in contemporary theology. I find the lack of the word church in the modern translations a little disturbing, but was relieved when I found that they do appear in the Septuagint.
I believe that the Septuagint is one of our greatest translation tools that we have of translating the Old Testament and finding the similarities of metaphors and analogies (being that the use of the same language makes it easier). Also, seeing as how those that translated the Hebrew Bible to Greek were closer in time and thus had a better understanding of the meanings, both literal and meant, of the words. Therefore, the LXX is an important translation tool, and one that should not be overlooked.
The word church does not appear very many times in the N. T. considering the length of the N.T.. However, we do know that Jesus established her(His future bride) when He called out the twelve. We know that a hugh church existed in Jerusalem and that Paul directly addressed the seven churches in Asia.Due to their persecution, many believers were scattered through out the land. Therefore, it is reasonable to believe that many more churches were established than we know about.
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