…In the New Testament, the church is expressed in a wide variety of images. Some of the more well-known ones are the flock of sheep led by Christ the Shepherd, the vine branches with Christ as the trunk, the house of God with Christ as the cornerstone, the new city of Jerusalem, the bride of Christ, the “new people of God on a journey” like the Israelites who once traveled through the wilderness led by Moses, and the “body of Christ” with Christ on its head. The image of the church that emerges through these diverse images is a combination of the community of believers that has taken various concrete forms throughout history and the “mystery” or spiritual reality that will only be revealed in its entirety at the end of the world. … From the contract:…The Hebrew word berîṯ is thought to be related to the noun form birîtu (bondage) of the Akkadian word barû (to bind), and originally meant that individuals or groups entered into a mutually binding relationship under a certain promise. In the Old Testament, this word was applied to the religious relationship between God and the people of Israel, and Moses, representing the people, made a covenant with God on Mount Sinai, establishing a covenant relationship in which God became the God of Israel and Israel became God's people. This is called the Sinai Covenant. *Some of the terminology that refers to the "People of Israel" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…新約聖書では教会はじつにさまざまのイメージで表現されている。有名なものをいくつか挙げると,牧者キリストによって導かれる羊の群れ,キリストを幹とするブドウの枝,キリストを礎石とする神の家,新しい都エルサレム,キリストの花嫁,かつてモーセに率いられて荒野を旅したイスラエルの民のように〈旅する新しい神の民〉,頭にキリストをいただく〈キリストの体〉など。これら多様なイメージを通じて浮かび上がる教会の姿は,歴史のなかでさまざまの具体的な形をとる信者の共同体と,終末においてはじめて全貌をあらわす〈神秘〉あるいは霊的な現実を重ね合わせたものである。… 【契約】より…ヘブライ語の〈ベリースberîṯ〉はアッカド語のbarû(縛る)の名詞形birîtu(束縛)と関係があると推測され,元来一定の約束のもとに個人または集団が相互に拘束関係に入ることを意味している。旧約聖書においてはこの語を神とイスラエルの民との宗教的な関係に適用し,モーセが民を代表してシナイ山で神と契約を結び,神がイスラエルの神となり,イスラエルが神の民となるという契約関係が成立した。これを〈シナイ契約〉と呼ぶ。… ※「イスラエルの民」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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