单词 | mysterium tremendum |
释义 | mysterium tremendumn. A great or profound mystery, esp. the mystery of God or of existence; the overwhelming awe felt by a person contemplating such a mystery. Also mysterium tremendum et fascinans.In theological contexts the term is associated particularly with the German Protestant theologian Rudolf Otto (1869–1937). ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > mysticism > a mystery > [noun] > of God's existence mysterium tremendum1846 tremendum1923 1846 tr. D. F. Strauss Life Jesus III. iii. 274 The horror and trembling belong only to the biblical commentator, which makes him contemplate the history of the passion above all else, as a mysterium tremendum. 1893 A. Rutherfurd tr. W. Moeller Hist. Christian Church II. iii. 330 For the laity the mere attendance at Mass, in which the mysterium tremendum is reverently looked upon as it passes, acquires the character of a pious work in and for itself. 1900 Monist 10 375 Spitta would..replace the gloomy and funereal mode of its [sc. the Lord's Supper's] celebration by a more elevating conception, not as a mysterium tremendum, but as a feast of joy and gratitude. 1923 J. W. Harvey tr. R. Otto Idea of Holy iv. 12 We shall find we are dealing with something for which there is only one appropriate expression, mysterium tremendum. 1923 J. W. Harvey tr. R. Otto Idea of Holy v. 25 We gave to the object to which the numinous consciousness is directed the name ‘mysterium tremendum’. 1934 W. Temple Nature, Man & God i. 23 What Otto speaks of as the ‘Mysterium tremendum’, the quality in the object of religion which he describes as ‘Numinous’, is just that before which we do not reason but bow. 1957 J. S. Huxley Relig. without Revelation (rev. ed.) ii. 32 The mysterium tremendum of religion. 1963 A. Huxley Let. 17 Feb. (1969) 949 One..opens oneself up receptively to the Mysterium tremendum et fascinans within and without. 1968 Times 15 Oct. 11/4 Should we not beware of the mysterium tremendum, the Wrath of God. 1971 Nature 13 Aug. 450/2 Their inter-relationship [sc. that of biology and physical-chemical research] seems to me to represent one of the deepest questions man can ask, a real mysterium tremendum. 1994 Harper's Mag. Nov. 75/1 Whether the existence of the world is a mysterium tremendum et fascinans or a mere tautology, it continues to exercise the imagination of philosophers and theologians. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1846 |
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