The word "church" comes from a Greek word, "ecclesia" which means "those called out." The church was the people called to go out into the world to be "Whole-Makers." Live your life in such a way, as Jesus preached, so as to bring all people together into some unifying identity. What happened?
Well, we got into arguments about orthodoxy, creed and heresy. With Constantine we began to build buildings into which we went to worship. Worship is good. But we called the building "church," and when we came out we did bad things and said bad things to those who did not agree with us, and who did not go into the building as orthodoxy would warrant. We wrote catechisms and taught them. The Gospel was in there, but we emphasized creedal theology and not the Sermon on the Mount.
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