Consolamentum

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Consolamentum

רצועה מספר שתיים באלבום History of Madness של Thinking Plauge נקראת Consolamentum, מלבד העובדה שזה שיר מעולה (ואחת הנקודות היותר זוהרות באלבום הזה) התרשמתי גם מהטקס של הקטע (ושל האלבום בכלליות) אבל הבעיה שלי היא שאין לי מושג מה זה Consolamentum. חיפשתי במספר מילונים באנלגית וזה לא מופיע באף אחד מהם. מופעות המילים Consol שזה: A government bond in Great Britain, originally issued in 1751, that pays perpetual interest and has no date of maturity. וAmentum שזה: A person with severely deficient intellectual capacity. אבל לא נראה לי שיש בינהם צירוף הגיוני. ניתן לי רק לשער שזה לא באנגלית (אלא לטנית או משהו) ושחברי הלהקה לא סתם המציאו מילה. בכל מקרה, למישהו פה יש רעיון מה פירוש המילה? תודה.

 

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Consolementum

The Cathars: Cathar Beliefs: Ceremonies: Consolamentum or Consolament The consolamentum was a spiritual baptism, as described in the New Testament, where the Jewish practice of babtism by water was abrogated, and baptism by fire implemented. (modern Christians remember this as Pentecost and some, Pentecostalists, make it the main feature of their theology). Only a Parfait could administer the consolamentum, which meant that every new parfait stood at the end of a chain of predesessor parfaits linking him or her to the apostles and to Jesus himself. It was the most significant ceremony in Cathar theology, marking the transition from ordinary believer (auditore or credente) to to Parfait, one of the elect. During the ceremony the Holy Spirit was believed to descend from heaven, and part of the Holy Spirit would then inhabit the Parfait's corporal body. It was largely because of this indwelling portion of the Holy Spirit that Parfaits were expected and willing to lead such austere ascetic lives, and why ordinary believers were prepared to "adore" them. The ceremony was striking in its simplicity. It required no material elements such as water or anointling oil, and seems to have preserved a ceremony of the very earliest Christian Church. For Cathars this was hardly surprising, since they claimed that the the rite had been appointed by Christ, and had been handed down from generation to generation by the boni homines. For Catholics it was rather a mystery and their best explanation was that the Cathar rite was a distorted imitation of various Catholic rites. The consolamentum was also given to sick or injured believers, in the expectation of death. As long as they died quickly this presented no great problem as they had little opportunity to fall back into sin. But if they recovered they were now Parfaits, and presumably expected to behave as such. Some authorities (notably Jean Duvernoy) differentiate between the baptism of the Perfects, from the 'Solace' baptism granted to the dying for the remission of their sins. Even though both rites are identical those who received the 'Solace' baptism and survived seem to have been obliged to then undertake the normal training and receive the Consolamentum again to became a fully functioning member of the Elect.

 

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