Ascension - Shoten (English spelling) Ascention

Japanese: 昇天 - しょうてん(英語表記)Ascention
Ascension - Shoten (English spelling) Ascention

In Christianity, it means ascending to heaven without experiencing physical death, especially the ascension of Jesus Christ. Accounts of the ascension are found in the Old Testament (Enoch, Elijah, etc.), but the ascension of Jesus, written in the New Testament, has been an important doctrine since the early church. According to them (Mark 16:19, Acts 1:9-11, etc.), on the 40th day after his resurrection, after Jesus gave his final sermon, he was "taken up into heaven and sat at the right hand of God" in front of his disciples. This means that Jesus, who was despised and died as a lowly person, was resurrected and took the high position of ruler of the whole world, and it is also a guarantee that those who believe in Jesus will also be admitted to heaven. The Catholic Church has the doctrine of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary.

[Yoshio Tsuruoka]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

キリスト教では、肉体の死を経ることなく天に昇ることをいい、とくにイエス・キリストの昇天をさす。昇天の記事は『旧約聖書』にも(エノク、エリヤなど)みられるが、『新約聖書』に著されたイエスの昇天は、原始教会以来の重要な教義となっている。それによると(「マルコ伝福音書(ふくいんしょ)」16章19、「使徒行伝」1章9~11など)、イエスは復活後40日目に、最後の説教をしたのち、弟子たちの見ている前で「天に挙げられ、神の右に坐(ざ)した」。これは、低きものとして卑しめられ死したイエスが復活して全世界の支配者という高き位置についたことを意味し、さらにイエスを信ずる人々もまた天に入れられるであろうことへの保証ともなっている。なお、カトリック教会では、聖母マリアの被昇天Assumptionの教義を有する。

[鶴岡賀雄]

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