Militant
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST MILITANT
By Walter Giddings
May 22, 2022
“The Church of Jesus Christ Militant”. Is that some kind of military organization? What is the need for that? Have “the weapons of our warfare” become “carnal”? The first problem we encounter with this Lesson is the word “militant”. It does not appear in the King James English of 1611. What word or words can we find in The Scriptures that have a meaning similar to “militant”? We better put our “Thinking Caps” on. Should we first establish the meaning of militant?
MIL’ITANT, a. [L. militans, milito, to fight.]
1. Fighting; combating; serving as a soldier.
2. The church militant is the christian church on earth, which is supposed to be engaged in a constant warfare against its enemies; thus distinguished from the church triumphant, or in heaven.
MIL’ITARY, n. The whole body of soldiers; soldiery; militia; an army.
U. States. Mitford.1828 Webster. Vol II. page 15