Re: Religion-Names in Conlangs. Or At Least in Mine. :)
| From: | Tom Wier <artabanos@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, December 24, 1998, 17:45 |
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J. Barefoot wrote:
> BTW, the term "Christian" was originally a bit of military terminology,
> something like "Christ's squadron" or "legion," in the same vein as the
> Roman legions naming themselves after Roman gods. The new converts
> needed a way to distinguish themselves from the "paganoi," literaly the
> "civilians".
Not from what I have read. Dunno for sure about the original
military connotations of "Christianus", but "paganus" in Latin
originally meant just a person out in the "rus", a country bumpkin
as it were. It was applied during the late Empire, when most of
the city dwellers were Christians, and only the people out in the
wilds still practiced the old ways.
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