Dominicus (Latin)

Japanese: ドミニクス - どみにくす(英語表記)Dominicus ラテン語
Dominicus (Latin)

Founder of the Dominican Order. Born in Spain during the time of the Crusades and the development of cities in the Middle Ages in Western Europe. He tried to preach the Gospel of Christ to the ignorant people of the time, especially the Cathars in southern France who taught the dualism of good and evil. To this end, he went from village to village preaching and praying the rosary, instead of using the sword, and set an example of poverty for people by begging as a "poor Christian." In 1215, he and his comrades founded the Order of Preachers in order to spread the truth of Christianity throughout Europe through preaching. The following year, in 1216, the order was approved by Pope Honorius III (reigned 1216-1227). This is the Dominican Order. In 1221, he ended his life of prayer and activity in Bologna, Italy, and was canonized in 1234. He loved theology in his youth, but during a famine he famously sold valuable parchment manuscripts to help people, saying, "I cannot sit on dead parchments and watch people die of hunger."

[Hisao Miyamoto November 17, 2017]

"Saint Dominic" by Marie Dominique Poinsenay, translated by Takeno Keisaku (Chuo Shuppansha Gloria Bunko/later San Paulo Alba Bunko)

[References] | Cathars | Dominicans

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

ドミニコ会の創立者。西欧中世の十字軍と都市の発展の時代にスペインに生まれる。当時の無知な人々、とくに南フランスで善悪二元論を教えるカタリ派の人々にキリストの福音(ふくいん)を説こうとした。そのため、剣(つるぎ)によらず村から村を巡って説教やロザリオの祈りをなし、「貧しいキリスト教徒」として托鉢(たくはつ)によって清貧の手本を人々に示した。1215年、説教によってヨーロッパ全土にキリスト教の真理を広めようと、説教者修道会を同志とともに設立した。翌1216年教皇ホノリウス3世Honorius Ⅲ(在位1216~1227)によって修道会として認可された。これがドミニコ会である。1221年、彼はイタリアのボローニャでその祈りと活動に満ちた生涯を閉じ、1234年に列聖された。青年時代に神学を愛したが、飢饉(ききん)のとき、「人々の飢えて死んでゆくのを、死んだ羊皮紙の上に座って見過ごすことはできない」と、貴重な羊皮紙写本を売って人々を助けたことは有名である。

[宮本久雄 2017年11月17日]

『マリ・ドミニック・ポアンスネ著、岳野慶作訳『聖ドミニコ』(中央出版社・グロリア文庫/のちサンパウロ・アルバ文庫)』

[参照項目] | カタリ派 | ドミニコ会

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