in around 100 

AD.[14]
The  Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and
the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the
following periods: Mycenaean Greek (c. 1400–1200 BC), Dark Ages (c. 1200–800 BC),
the Archaic period (c. 800–500 BC), and the Classical period (c. 500–300 BC).[1]

Ancient Greek

Ἑλληνική
Hellēnikḗ

Inscription about the construction of the statue of  Athena

Parthenos in the Parthenon, 440/439 BC

Region eastern Mediterranean

Language family Indo-European

 Hellenic
o Ancient Greek

Early form Proto-Greek

Writing system Greek alphabet

Language codes

ISO 639-2 grc

 ISO 639-3 grc (includes all pre-modern stages)

Glottolog anci1242

Map of Ancient (Homeric) Greece

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Beginning of Homer's Odyssey

Ancient Greek was the language of Homer and of fifth-century Athenian historians,

playwrights, and philosophers. It has contributed many words to English vocabulary and has
been a standard subject of study in educational institutions of the Western world since
the Renaissance. This article primarily contains information about the Epic and Classical
periods of the language.
From the Hellenistic period (c. 300 BC), Ancient Greek was followed by Koine Greek, which
is regarded as a separate historical stage, although its earliest form closely resembles Attic
Greek and its latest form approaches Medieval Greek. There were several regional dialects of
Ancient Greek, of which Attic Greek developed into Koine.
Dialects
Phonology
Morphology
Writing system
Sample texts
Modern use
 first expressed in the Nicene Creed (381) are that the Church
is one, holy, catholic (universal), and apostolic (originating from the apostles).[15]
Etymology
ga payu yo wes lah rek prit yo

loro different Christian denominations conceive of as being the true body of Christians or

century)

For many Protestant Christians, the Christian Church has two components: the church visible,
institutions in which "the Word of God purely preached and listened to, and the sacraments
administered according to Christ's institution", as well as the church invisible—all "who are
truly saved" (with these beings members of the visible church).[7][2][8] In this understanding
of the invisible church, "Christian Church" (or catholic Church) does not refer to a particular
Christian denomination, but includes all individuals who have been regenerated.
[2] The branch theory, which is maintained by some Anglicans, holds that those Churches that
have preserved apostolic succession are part of the true Church.[9] This is in contrast to
the one true church applied to a specific concrete Christian institution, a Christian
ecclesiological position maintained by the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church,
the Oriental Orthodox churches, Assyrian Church of the East and the Ancient Church of the
East.[1][10][3]
Most English translations of the New Testament generally use the word church as a
translation of the Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (romanized ecclesia), found in the
original Greek texts, which generally meant an "assembly" or "congregation".[11] This term
appears in two verses of the Gospel of Matthew, 24 verses of the Acts of the Apostles, 58
verses of the Pauline epistles (including the earliest instances of its use in relation to a
Christian body), two verses of the Letter to the Hebrews, one verse of the Epistle of James,
three verses of the Third Epistle of John, and 19 verses of the Book of Revelation. In total,
ἐκκλησία appears in the New Testament text 114 times, although not every instance is a
technical reference to the church.[12] As such it is used for local communities as well as in a
universal sense to mean all believers.[13] The earliest recorded use of the
term Christianity (Greek: Χριστιανισμός) was by Ignatius of Antioch, in around 100 AD.[14]
The Four Marks of the Church first expressed in the Nicene Creed (381) are that the Church
is one, holy, catholic (universal), and apostolic (originating from the apostles).[15]
Etymology
ga payu yo wes lah rek prit yo in around 100 AD.[14]
The Four Marks of the Church first expressed in the Nicene Creed (381) are that the Church
is one, holy, catholic (universal), and apostolic (originating from the apostles).[15]
Etymology
ga payu yo wes lah rek prit yo

in around 100 AD.[14]
The Four Marks of the Church first expressed in the Nicene Creed (381) are that the Church
is one, holy, catholic (universal), and apostolic (originating from the apostles).[15]
Etymology
ga payu yo wes lah rek prit yo