A Christian term referring to the personification of the evil desire for earthly wealth. It is said to come from the Aramaic word ma'mona, which means wealth. It is not used in the Old Testament, and in the New Testament, there are only a few instances of its use as a quote from Jesus, except for Matthew 6:24, where Jesus says, "You cannot serve both God and mammon (mammon)." In later Christian literature, it has come to be widely used as the personification of the power of enormous wealth to corrupt humans. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information |
キリスト教用語。地上の富に対するよこしまな欲望の人格化されたものをさす。富を意味するアラム語のマーモーナに由来するといわれる。旧約聖書には用例はなく,新約聖書でも『マタイによる福音書』6章 24にイエスの言葉として「神と富 (マンモン) とに兼ね仕えることはできない」とあるほか,イエスの言葉としてのみわずかな用例がみられるだけである。のちのキリスト教文学などでは,人間を堕落させる巨大な富の力の権化として広く用いられている。
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