...After that, in the chaos of the 3rd century, the city of Rome ceased to be an actual imperial capital, but the idea of Rome as a universalized entity continued to live on in the hearts of people. Even in the early Christian era, when Christianity predicted the downfall of Rome as "Babylon the Great," Melitōn, Bishop of Sardis in the 2nd century, put forward a philosophy that saw God's providence in the simultaneous establishment of peace by Augustus and the coming of Christ. *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Melitōn" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…その後,3世紀の混乱のなかで都市ローマは現実の帝都ではなくなるが,こうして普遍化されたローマ理念は人々の心中に生き続ける。また,原始キリスト教時代には,ローマを〈大いなるバビロン〉としてその滅亡を預言したキリスト教においても,2世紀のサルディス司教メリトンMelitōnが,アウグストゥスによる平和の確立とキリスト降臨の同時性に神の摂理をみる哲学を打ち出した。 ※「Melitōn」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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