洋画をネイティブ感覚で鑑賞するために必要なキリスト教の知識6〜『薔薇の名前』その5 The Name of the Rose Part 5
数週にわたって、キリスト教の宗教的背景がよくわかるショーン・コネリー主演の映画『薔薇の名前(原題:The Name of the Rose)』を題材に、知っておくと役立つキリスト教の知識に関してお届けしています。
『薔薇の名前』の最終回は、修道士サルヴァトーレ(ロン・パールマン)とレミージョ(ヘルムート・クヴァルティンガー)がベネディクト修道会に入会する前に参加していたドルチーノの組織に関して、ご紹介しましょう。
It means tnat the hunchback, undoubtedly, was once
a heretic. Penitenziagite was the rallying cry of the Dolcinites.
Adso:
Dolcinites? Who were they, master?
William:
Those who believed in the poverty of Christ.
Adso:
So do we Franciscans.
William:
But they also declared that everyone must be poor.
So they slaughtered the rich. You see, Adso, the step between ecstatic
vision and sinful frenzy is all too brief.
Romigio de Varagine, do you deny the confession of
your accomplice?
Romigio:
No, I don't deny it. I'm pround of it! For the 12
years I lived here I did nothing but stuff my belly, shag my wick,
and squeeze the hungry peasants for tithes. But now you have given
me the strength to remember what I once believed in with all my heart.
And fot that, I thank you.
Gui:
To remember that you wantonly looted and burned the
property of the church?
Romigio:
Yes! To give it back to the people you stole it from
in the first place.
Gui:
And did you not also slaughter many bishops and priests?
Romigio:
Yes! And I'd butcher you people if I had half the
chance!