LE VRAI SENS DU PAGANISME
Cet article de Riley Winters nous donne en détail l'histoire du terme Paganisme, que nous tous néo-païens devrions savoir. Source originale: origines-anciennes.net
The word “paganism” has come to refer to various pre-Christian religions belonging to a number of ancient cultures—those from Greece, Rome, Egypte, Scandinavie, and so on. It has come to also represent, dans certains cercles, the modern ideology of Wicca and the followers of revived versions of the old practices. The truth about “paganism”, toutefois, is that it is a historically inaccurate phrase in the context of these aforementioned faiths. Although it is now the accepted term for these religions, il est important d'examiner d'où vient vraiment le mot et ce qu'il signifiait initialement, permettant une meilleure, compréhension globale du passé religieux du monde.
The term “paganism” was revived during the Renaissance when writers were trying to differentiate the old traditions from their contemporary Christian faith. The term itself stems from the Latin paganus translated loosely along the lines of “country dweller” or “rustic”; thus it was initially a word describing a person of locality rather than a religion. However, à cause de son utilisation dans les textes anciens, medieval authors mistakenly believed it referenced a religious sect and thereby gave it the corresponding connotation. In actuality, there was a different word used to describe the “pagans” as they are called today, et ce mot aussi découle d'abord et avant tout de l'emplacement des partisans religieux.
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Selon le chercheur Peter Brown de l'Université de Princeton, “Hellene” was initially utilized in place of “paganism”. “Hellene” was a reference to Ἕλλην (Hellas), the native ancient Greek name for what is now called Greece. Brown explains that when Christianity started making appearances in the eastern communities, “Hellene” was used to differentiate the non-Christians from the Christians. Those from Hellas tended to remain faithful to the old religions, mais avec le début du conflit entre le judaïsme et le christianisme, the Jewish faction needed to ensure they were not incorrectly associated with them. As they were not from Greece, “Hellene” became the perfect title.
Dans l'ouest latin, it was more common for the various religions to refer to themselves by their ethnic origins rather than by the gods they worshiped—they simply referred to themselves (dans leur propre langue) comme les Romains, Les Grecs, Égyptiens, etc., insinuant simultanément leurs factions religieuses ainsi. Cette forme d'étiquetage était en grande partie due au fait que les aspects politiques et religieux de la vie étaient une entité unifiée. Ainsi, la tradition des titres ethniques semble avoir été poursuivie par les premiers chrétiens. Autant que les sources anciennes puissent le dire, it wasn’t until the Late Roman Empire that the term “pagan” began to be used instead, car c'était un moyen facile de rassembler tous les non-chrétiens dans une conversation, décrets, etc. Il est devenu populaire pour des raisons de commodité plutôt que de précision et de respect..
It is important to note that “paganism” is not intended to differentiate the polytheistic religions from the monotheistic. The number of gods does not apply to the term because many so-called “pagans” would have not considered it important to differentiate themselves based on the number of gods they worshiped. Followers of the ancient religions did not necessarily have anything against Christianity based on its preference for a singular deity—many cults within each sect had a primary deity at the center of the religion, sous lequel les divinités subordonnées étaient également vénérées. “Paganism” as a title was intended only to reference the non-Christians (et les non juifs), les isoler dans une catégorie solitaire qui pourrait être plus facilement détruite et remplacée.
Cet effort de combiner toutes les religions non-chrétiennes sous un même parapluie a été, En réalité, a clever strategy by the early Christians to remove the “pagan” faiths altogether. Using the Norse traditions as an example, the Vikings of the early medieval period had no true name for their religious following. In truth, le mot religion aurait été un inconnu, foreign term to them. The Nordic tribes preferred the word “customs” as—like the Greeks and Romans—their rituals, croyances, et les traditions étaient indéfinies et interprétées de manière fluide, orally passed down rather than rigidly studied. There was no all-encompassing word for the belief in the Aesir and Vanir, et les divers autres êtres et divinités que les anciens Nordiques adoraient, et il n'y avait aucun texte écrit discutant de leurs pratiques jusqu'à ce que l'auteur chrétien Snorri Sturluson ait écrit leur mythologie au 13ème siècle.
D'après Gareth Williams dans Viking: Vie et légende , ce qui est maintenant considéré comme la religion nordique est en fait "l'héritage des missionnaires chrétiens", their textual product a “concentrated target” that is much easier to remove and erase than the amalgamation of gods liberally worshiped. Consolidating the various Norse—and every other “pagan”—tradition into a simplified faith with recorded rules and codes provided the early Christians with a more straightforward target to remove and replace.
Though the phrase “paganism” is widely used to describe followers of the various ancient religions, it is important to understand from where the term originates and the misconceptions behind its usage. Too many centuries have passed now—the word “paganism” will continue to label these supporters despite its original meaning. But it is never too late to be informed of the origins of the term, permettant ainsi une meilleure compréhension de l'histoire des anciens disciples.
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