foedus

Japanese: foedus
foedus

…The Puritan idea of ​​a social contract found its practical expression in the founding of the United States through the Mayflower Compact. The basic principle of national integration in the United States is the federal union, and the word "federal" comes from the Latin word foedus, which means contract. It is noteworthy that the biblical concept of a contract, which was revived in Puritan covenant theology, became the basic principle for the founding of the United States. …

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ピューリタン的社会契約思想は〈メーフラワー・コンパクト〉によるアメリカ建国にその現実的表現を見た。アメリカ合衆国の国家統合の基本理念はフェデラル・ユニオンであり,そのフェデラルfederalはラテン語のフォエドゥスfoedusつまり契約からくるものである。ピューリタンの契約神学において再興された聖書的契約概念が,アメリカという国家成立の基本理念にまでなっていったことは注目すべきことである。…

※「foedus」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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