中世纪早期基督教会对世俗武力的规范与引导

How the Early Medieval Church Regulated and Guided the Use of Secular Force

如何应对日耳曼民族的武力传统,是中世纪基督教会必须加以解决的一个现实问题。一方面,基督教会以"正义战争"之原则对武力的使用加以规范,借助于"上帝的和平"与"上帝的休战"运动,将武力的使用限定在一定范围之内;另一方面,基督教会对世俗骑士的武力加以利用和引导,规定骑士应尽的社会义务以及应有的道德风范,逐渐将世俗骑士从社会暴力的制造者转变为教会的保护者和"基督的战士"。

It was a difficult situation for the Church to face the challenge of the violent action of the German people during the early Middle Ages. The Church attempted to control and regulate the violence of the secular knights based on the principles of the Christian just war, and sought to define the scope of ＇ lawful＇ violence through the pax Dei and the treuga Dei. By attending the ceremony of dubbing and defining the social and moral obligation of the knights, the Church endeavoured to lead the secular knights gradually from the trouble maker to become the defender of the Church and the soldiers of Christ.