W History of the Christian Church (Dzieje Kościoła chrześcijańskiego) napisano o chrześcijanach z pierwszego wieku: „Nie używali ani krucyfiksu, ani żadnej materialnej podobizny krzyża” (J. F. Hurst, Nowy Jork 1897, t. I, s. 366).
A jednak jak do tej pory nikt nie podważył tego cytatu. Nawet Mirek.
CZy ktoś mógły dotrzeć do tego słownika. I powiedzieć co w tej książce jest napisane?
JA dotarłem do nastepujących informacji,
Hurst, John Fletcher.
Short History of the Christian Church. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1893.
John F. Hurst - był biskupem metodystycznym.
http://deila.dickins...thor/HurstJ.htmOpublikował kilka książek. np.
History of Rationalism (1866) oraz siedem tomów
History of Methodism (1902-1904).
A całą książkę można znaleźć pod nastepującym adresem
http://deila.dickins...;CISOSHOW=12580może ktoś potrafi to przeniesć do pdf lub innego formatu?
znalazłem w pdf
cz. II.
http://ia310803.us.a...risti02hurs.pdfpierwsza nieaktywna
I
Pozdrawiam
A oto tekst z książki. Jest po angielsku ale podkresle zdanie które się zgadza z tym co jest w Strażnicy:
Christian was not long satisfied with a mere
blank—this severe absence of all symbolism. Instead of the old
faith he now possessed a better. It, too, had its rich imagery,
which might safely be repeated in his home and on all his furniture
and simple ornaments. The pause was brief, for the Christian
symbols soon grew into a large system. The more cautious Christian
writers encouraged their use as a safe and proper counterpart
to the polytheistic symbolism of their pagan adversaries. Clement
of Alexandria urged the use of Christian symbols on seal rings,' and
named as proper figures the dove, as an image of the Holy Ghost
;
THE GROWTH aud the fish, with reference to the call of Zebedee's sons
SYMBOLS Vn-''
fishers of men ; and the ship, as an image of the
STEAD. advancing Church ; and the lyre, as a type of Christian
joy ; and the anchor, as an expression of hope. In time these
images, with many others, took the place in the Christian home of
the abandoned figures of paganism.
There was no use of the crucifix
and no material representation of the cross.1
[Krzyż nie był w użyciu ani inne przedmioty go przedstawiające]
We are led to adopt our symbolism largely by contrast, and there
was, perhaps, too much crucifixion in the suffering life to which they
had been subjected by persecuting rulers to make use of the central
TiiE USE OF symbol of their faith. A sanctity attached to it which
THE CROSS. seemed to the Christian mind too elevated to be cast into
material form and stand before the vulgar gaze. In the later times,
when there was no further cross in the life, and the symbol of our
Lord's crucifixion was simply a reminder of the bitter past, the
cross became a frequent object, both in private houses and the*"
places of public worship. It was seldom employed until the bearing
of it had ceased to be a necessity.
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przypis: Jameson, Mrs. Anna. Legends of the Saints and Martyrs. Lond. and
Bost., 1848. 2 vols., newed., 1863. Legends of the Madonna, 1858, new
ed., 1863. Legends of the Monastic Orders, 1850, new ed., 1863. This
magnificent series of volumes, of which a revised and enlarged edition, edited
by Miss Estelle M. Kuril, has appeared, 5 vols., Bost., 1895, is devoted
to the artistic reproduction of
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