禁教以来山西天主教徒的信仰特征

The Characteristics of Shanxi Catholics' Belief since Forbidding Period

天主教传入山西时与主流文化结合在一起,其本土化的主要趋向是儒教化。清禁教时期,山西教徒把民间信仰的观念、方式渗入天主教,使其民间化。他们用放鞭炮、贴对联、叩拜神父等中国传统方式庆祝天主教的节日;过中国传统节日时,也没有完全放弃传统习俗,甚至外国传教士也用中国传统方式庆祝中国传统节日。山西教徒的婚礼、葬礼等人生礼仪继承了大部分山西地方传统礼仪。这些都体现出教徒信仰的礼仪一定程度上的本土化。

When Catholicism was spread into Shanxi,it combined itself with dominant culture.Its inculturing trend was toward Confucianism.Since Catholicism was forbidden,Shanxi Catholics assimilated the ideas,ways of Folk Religion into Catholicism,so made it develop to ward Folk Religion.They celebrated the Catholic festivals by squibbing firecrackers,putting up couplets,bending the knees before Fathers.When they celebrated Chinese traditional festivals,they didn＇t completely give up traditional customs.Even foreign missionaries celebrated Chinese traditional festivals in Chinese traditional way.Shanxi Catholics＇ wedding and funeral ceremonies inherited most part of Shanxi traditional ceremonies.These showed the ceremonies reflecting their belief have been incultured in some way.