Eripandus - Eripandus

...This belief is supported by the legend that James preached in Iberia, and that after his martyrdom in Jerusalem, his disciples carried his body to Iberia and buried it there, but this legend is not supported by any documents and is difficult to accept as historical fact. For the time being, it is thought that the trigger for this unique belief was the atmosphere of the times, which intersected with the almost hopeless survival situation of the early Asturian Kingdom, the pressure from the Muslims of Al-Andalus who abandoned their initial tolerant policy and began to adopt a severe and confrontational stance, the religious controversy sparked by the heresy of Toledo Archbishop Elipandus (c. 718-c. 802) that Christ was adopted by God, and the political unification of Western Europe by Charlemagne. It is true that in this era, the weak and unstable Asturias was under pressure to strengthen its royal authority with its own church organization.

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…この信仰を支えるのは，ヤコブがイベリアに伝道し，エルサレムでの殉教後遺体が弟子たちの手でイベリアに運ばれて葬られたという伝説だが，これは文献の裏づけに乏しく史実とは認め難い。さしあたっては，初期アストゥリアス王国が置かれたほとんど絶望的な生存状況，当初の寛大策を捨てて厳しい対決姿勢を採り始めたアル･アンダルスのイスラム教徒からの圧力，784年にトレド大司教エリパンドゥスElipandus(718ころ‐802ころ)の唱えたキリストを神の養子とする異端説が巻き起こした宗教論争，さらにはカール大帝による西ヨーロッパの政治統合などが交差する時代雰囲気がこの特異な信仰の誘因となったと考えられる。確かにこの時代，弱小で不安定なアストゥリアスは独自の教会組織をもってその王権を補強する必要に迫られていた。…

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