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Lamb of God ((ギリシア語:ἀμνὸς τοῦ θεοῦ), ''amnos tou theou''; (ラテン語:Agnus Dei)) is a title for Jesus that appears in the Gospel of John. It appears at John 1:29, where John the Baptist sees Jesus and exclaims, "Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world."〔''The Lamb of God'' by Sergei Bulgakov 2008 ISBN 0-8028-2779-9 page 263〕 Although "Lamb of God" refers in Christian teachings to Jesus Christ in his role of the perfect sacrificial offering, Christological arguments dissociate the term from the Old Testament concept of a "scapegoat", which is a person or animal subject to punishment for the sins of others without knowing it or willing it. Christian doctrine holds that Jesus chose to suffer at Calvary as a sign of his full obedience to the will of his Father, as an "agent and servant of God".〔〔 The Lamb of God is thus related to the Paschal Lamb of Passover, which is viewed as foundational and integral to the message of Christianity. A lion-like lamb that rises to deliver victory after being slain appears several times in the Book of Revelation.〔 It is also referred to in Pauline writings, 1 Corinthians 5:7 suggests that Saint Paul intends to refer to the death of Jesus, who is the Paschal Lamb, using the theme found in Johannine writings. 〔http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/220115.htm〕 The Lamb of God title is widely used in Christian prayers, and the ''Agnus Dei'' is used as a standard part of the Catholic Mass, as well as the classical Western Liturgies of the Anglican and Lutheran Churches. It also is used in liturgy and as a form of contemplative prayer.〔''Holy Conversation: Spirituality for Worship'' by Jonathan Linman 2010 ISBN 0-8006-2130-1 page 148〕〔''Prayer Book Parallels: The Public Services of the Church'' by Paul Victor Marshall 1990 ISBN 0-89869-181-8 page 369〕 The Agnus Dei also forms a part of the musical setting for the Mass. As a visual motif the lamb has been most often represented since the Middle Ages as a standing haloed lamb with a foreleg cocked "holding" a pennant with a red cross on a white ground, though many other ways of representing it have been used. ==Gospel of John== The title ''Lamb of God'' for Jesus appears in the Gospel of John, with the initial proclamation: "Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world" in John 1:29, the title reaffirmed the next day in John 1:36.〔''The Lamb of God'' by Sergei Bulgakov 2008 ISBN 0-8028-2779-9 page 263〕 The second use of the title Lamb of God takes place in the presence of the first two apostles of Jesus, who immediately follow him, address him as Rabbi with respect and later in the narrative bring others to meet him.〔''The Life and Ministry of Jesus'' by Douglas Redford 2007 ISBN 0-7847-1900-4 pages 100-101〕 These two proclamations of Jesus as the Lamb of God closely bracket the Baptist's other proclamation in John 1:34: "I have borne witness that this is the Son of God". From a Christological perspective, these proclamations and the descent of the Holy Spirit as a dove in John 1:32 reinforce each other to establish the divine element of the Person of Christ.〔 In Johannine Christology the proclamation "who takes away the sin of the world" begins the unfolding of the salvific theme of the redemptive and sacrificial death of Jesus followed by his resurrection which is built upon in other proclamations such as "this is indeed the Saviour of the world" uttered by the Samaritans in John 4:42.〔''Johannine Christology'' and the Early Church by T. E. Pollard 2005 ISBN 0-521-01868-4 page 21〕〔''Studies in Early Christology'' by Martin Hengel 2004 ISBN 0-567-04280-4 page 371〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lamb of God」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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