Kyriakos

Japanese: kyriakos
Kyriakos

...In this sense, Christian artists of every era and society had a duty to contribute deeply to the religious life of the people of their time, but it cannot be said that they all fulfilled this duty, and the way in which they contributed was not uniform.
[Christian Architecture]
The European word for Christian cathedral (church) comes from the Greek words ekklēsia (assembly or meeting place) and kyriakos (something belonging to God). A cathedral is a meeting place for the faithful, but it is also the house of God.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "kyriakos" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…各時代,各社会のキリスト教美術家たちは,この意味でそれぞれその時代の民衆の宗教生活に深く寄与すべき義務をもっていたわけであるが,彼らがすべてその義務を果たしたとはいえず,またその寄与のしかたも一様ではなかった。
[キリスト教建築]
 キリスト教の聖堂(教会)を意味するヨーロッパ各国語は,ギリシア語のエクレシアekklēsia(集会または集会所)およびキュリアコスkyriakos(神に属するもの)の二つに由来する。聖堂は信徒の集会所であるが,またそれは神の家でもある。…

※「kyriakos」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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