Ecclesia, just like Church, is a wonderfully polysemous word. It can be the building (sp. iglesia, fr. église) but also all the faithful as a group. Manuscripts show Ecclesia being born from Christ's wound because from that moment on, it was theoretically possible to become a Christian: the Old Covenant had been replaced. In practice, Ecclesia started at Pentecost, because on this day the apostles converted the first believers. Those people formed "Ecclesia" at that point, even though no church had been built yet.
In medieval images, I often get the impression that they use the female figure Ecclesia to mean "Christianity". She opposes Synagoga, who stands for Judaism and the Old Covenant.
Our interpretation of the Rosettes foldout is that it overlays the abstract Greek-cross plan of an "ecclesia" (building) over the world, while at the same time portraying Ecclesia ("Christianity") replacing Synagoga.
In medieval images, I often get the impression that they use the female figure Ecclesia to mean "Christianity". She opposes Synagoga, who stands for Judaism and the Old Covenant.
Our interpretation of the Rosettes foldout is that it overlays the abstract Greek-cross plan of an "ecclesia" (building) over the world, while at the same time portraying Ecclesia ("Christianity") replacing Synagoga.
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