Beatus

Japanese: Beatus

…It is true that in this period, the weak and unstable Asturias needed to strengthen its royal authority with its own church organization. In this sense, it is interesting that the literary activity of Beatus of Liébana (?-798), who refuted the heresy of Elipandus, was almost at the same time as the discovery of the tomb. I would venture to say that the faith in Jacob was the foundation of the new church that the newly emerging kingdom of Asturias needed. By the 10th century, this new faith had spread throughout the northern part of the Iberian Peninsula, and in the 11th century it had crossed the Pyrenees. …

From the Beatus Book

…the common name for the Apocalypse Commentary and its transcription, written around 786 by Beatus (?-798), abbot of Liébana in the Asturias region of northern Spain.

From 【Saint】

…Because it was originally a natural custom, the procedure for declaring a saint was unclear. It was thought that the mere fact that a corpse did not decay was proof of sainthood, and at most a bishop could declare a saint. However, from the 12th century, the right to declare new saints came under the exclusive authority of the Holy See, and the procedures and ceremonies for canonization were also established. In the 17th century, the order of blesseds, Beatus and Beata, which are one level lower in holiness, was also established. Luther and other Reformers were uniformly opposed to the worship of saints. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Beatus" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…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。この意味で前述エリパンドゥスの異端説を論駁したリエバナのベアトゥスBeatus(ベアトBeato)(？‐798)の文筆活動が墓の発見とほぼ時を同じくしたのは興味深く，あえて言うならヤコブ信仰は，新興アストゥリアス王国が必要としていた新しい教会の礎となるものだった。　10世紀までにこの新しい信仰はイベリア半島北部一帯に広まり，11世紀にはピレネー山脈を越えた。…

【ベアトゥス本】より

…スペイン北部，アストゥリアス地方リエバナLiébanaの修道院長ベアトゥスBeatus(ベアトBeato。？‐798)が，786年ころに著した《黙示録注釈書》およびその転写本の通称。…

【聖人】より

…もと自然に発生した習慣だっただけに聖人認定の手続も定かでなく，死体が腐朽しないことだけでも聖性を証すると考えられ，せいぜい司教が認定するのみであったが，12世紀から新聖人認定権は教皇庁の独占するところとなり，列聖の手続や儀式も整った。17世紀には一段下の聖性をもつ福者beatus,beataの位階も設けられた。ルター以下，宗教改革者たちは一様に聖人崇拝に反対した。…

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