Here ekklesia has the literal meaning of assembly . Accusative of general reference with the infinitive huparcein in indirect discourse . Old word for cleft, rent, from scizw . Example in papyri for splinter of wood . Not yet formal cleavages into two or more organizations, but partisan divisions that showed in the love - feasts and at the Lord 's Supper .
Heresy is theoretical schism , schism practical heresy .
It has always been so. Instance so-called Christian Science , Russellism, New Thought, etc., today. The selfish conduct of the Corinthians made it impossible to eat a Lord 's Supper at all. Old verb to take before others. It was conduct like this that led to the complete separation between the Love - feast and the Lord 's Supper .