classis
教区会議体
解説 Definition
クラス；宗教組織の階級。会議。
A classis is a regional governing assembly in certain Reformed church traditions, composed of ministers and elders representing several congregations. It meets to deliberate and make decisions on church matters affecting those congregations.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
教会用語のclassisは、class「階級・集団」やclassify「分類する」と同じラテン語classisにさかのぼると結び付ける。ここでは学校の「クラス」ではなく、改革派教会で長老や牧師が集まり、複数の会衆に関わる事項を審議する地域会議体。the classis met、decisions made by the classisという典型表現で覚える。
Connect classis with class and classify, all ultimately related to the idea of an organized group. In church history, however, classis does not mean a school class. It is a regional assembly in some Reformed denominations, where ministers and elders from several congregations meet to discuss governance and other church matters. Useful patterns are “the classis met,” “an assembly of church elders,” and “decisions made by the classis.” These phrases emphasize both the meeting and the governing body. If you know presbytery, use it as a near comparison, while remembering that exact structures and terminology differ among denominations.
例文
The classis was an assembly of church elders.
クラスは教会の長老の集会だった。
Decisions made by the classis affected congregations.
クラスによって下された決定は会衆に影響した。
The classis met regularly to discuss church matters.
クラスは教会問題を討議するために定期的に会合した。
classis の類義語・関連語
classis の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 classis（艦隊・階級・集団）に由来。古代ローマで市民を財産に基づき分類した「階級」を意味し、後に「集団・組」へ転じた。英語 class（階級）や classify（分類する）と同根。教会用語では信徒の集まりとしての「会議体」を指す。
English classis was borrowed from Latin classis, which could mean a division, group, social rank, or fleet. In ancient Rome, the word was applied to organized divisions of citizens, especially classifications based on property. Its broader sense of an ordered group later supported specialized ecclesiastical use for a body or assembly of church representatives. Class, classify, and classification belong to the same word family. In Reformed church usage, classis became the established term for a regional governing assembly.
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