从《口铎日抄》看明末福建天主教徒的宗教委身

On Catholics' Commitment in Fujian in the Late Ming Dynasty——from the Perspective of Kouduo Richao(Diary of Oral Admontions)

《口铎日抄》是记录明末福建天主教徒之宗教生活状况的重要文献。从对见于该书中的明末福建天主教徒的客观宗教委身与主观宗教委身之形成与特点进行深度描述与解释后发现,这个宗教群体注重客观委身胜于注重主观委身,其对天主教的正统实践的强调则暗合传统中国政府对正统实践的注重。这也许是明末福建天主教能获得长足发展的重要原因之一。

Kouduo Richao （Diary of Oral Admontions） is an important text of recording religious life of Catholics in Fujian in Late Ming Dynasty. From the perspective of contemporary theory on sociology of religion, this paper aims to describe and explain in the text the formation and characteristics of objective commitment and subjective commitment of members in this com- munity. It argues that this community gives more priority to objective commitment than to subjective commitment. Their attach- ment to Catholic orthopraxy coincides, probably unconsciously and formally, with emphasis upon orthopraxy placed by the im- perial state of China. This might be one of the most important reasons why the Catholicism could develop so rapidly in Fujian in Late Ming Dynasty.