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It was then so necessary for me to believe in order to live that I
unconsciously concealed from myself the contradictions and obscurities of
theology. But this reading of meanings into the rites had its limits. If
the chief words in the prayer for the Emperor became more and more clear
to me, if I found some explanation for the words "and remembering our
Sovereign Most-Holy Mother of God and all the Saints, ourselves and one
another, we give our whole life to Christ our God", if I explained to
myself the frequent repetition of prayers for the Tsar and his relations
by the fact that they are more exposed to temptations than other people
and therefore are more in need of being prayed for-the prayers about
subduing our enemies and evil under our feet (even if one tried to say
that sin was the enemy prayed against), these and other prayers,
such as the "cherubic song" and the whole sacrament of oblation, or
"the chosen Warriors", etc.-quite two-thirds of all the
services-either remained completely incomprehensible or, when I forced an
explanation into them, made me feel that I was lying, thereby quite
destroying my relation to God and depriving me of all possibility of
belief. |
±× ´ç½Ã ³ª´Â »ì±â À§ÇÏ¿© ¹Ï´Â °ÍÀÌ ³Ê¹«³ªµµ
ÇÊ¿äÇÏ¿´À¸¹Ç·Î ³ª´Â ¹«ÀǽÄÀûÀ¸·Î ½ÅÇÐÀÇ ¸ð¼øµé°ú
¾Ö¸ÅÇÔ µéÀ» ³ª Àڽſ¡°Ô¼ ¼û°å´Ù. ±×·¯³ª ÀǽĿ¡
Àǹ̸¦ ºÎ¿©ÇÏ¸é¼ ÀÌ·¸°Ô Àд °ÍÀº ±× ÇѰ谡 ÀÖ¾ú´Ù.
ȲÁ¦¸¦ À§ÇÑ ±âµµ¿¡¼ Áß¿äÇÑ ´Ü¾îµéÀÌ ³ª¿¡°Ô Á¡Á¡ ´õ
Àǹ̰¡ ºÐ¸íÇØÁ³´Ù ÇÏ´õ¶óµµ, ¡®±×¸®°í Çϳª´ÔÀÇ
Áö±ØÇϽмº¸ð¿Í ±×¸®°í ¸ðµç ¼ºÀÚµé, ¿ì¸® Àڽŵé
±×¸®°í ¼·Î¸¦ ±â¾ïÇϸé¼, ¿ì¸®´Â ¿ì¸®ÀÇ ¸ðµç »îÀ»
¿ì¸® Çϳª´ÔÀ̽б׏®½ºµµ¿¡°Ô ¹ÙĨ´Ï´Ù,¡¯¶ó°í ÇÏ´Â
¸»¾¸¿¡ ¾î¶² ¼³¸íÀ» ã¾Ò´Ù ÇÏ´õ¶óµµ, ȲÁ¦¿Í ±×ÀÇ
ģôµé¿¡ ´ëÇØ ÀÚÁÖ ¹Ýº¹ÇÏ´Â ±âµµ´Â, ±×µéÀº ´Ù¸¥
»ç¶÷µéº¸´Ù À¯È¤¿¡ ´õ¿í ³ëÃâµÇ¾î ÀÖÀ¸¸ç ±×·¯¹Ç·Î
±âµµ°¡ ÇàÇØÁú Çʿ䰡 ÀÖ´Ù´Â »ç½Ç ¶§¹®À̶ó°í ³»°Ô
¼³¸íÀ» ÇÏ¿´´Ù ÇÏ´õ¶óµµ-ÀÌ ±âµµµéÀº ¿ø¼ö¸¦ ¿ì¸®ÀÇ
¹ß¾Æ·¡ ´©¸£°íÀÚ ÇÏ´Â °ÍÀ̾úÀ¸´Ï(½ÉÁö¾î Á˾ÇÀº
´ëÀûÇÏ¿© ±âµµÇÏ´Â ¿ø¼ö¶ó°í ¸»ÇÏ·Á°í ÇÏ´õ¶óµµ),
À̵é°ú ´Ù¸¥ ±âµµµé, ¿¹¸¦ µé¸é ¡®Ãµ»çÀÇ ³ë·¡¡¯ ±×¸®°í
¼ºÃ¼ ºÀÇå½Ä, ¶Ç´Â ¡®¼±Åà ¹ÞÀº Àü»çµé¡¯, µîÀÌ-¸ðµç
¿¹½Ä¿¡¼ °ÅÀÇ »ïºÐÀÇ À̰¡- ¿ÏÀüÈ÷ ÀÌÇØµÉ ¼ö ¾ø°Å³ª
¶Ç´Â ±×°Íµé¿¡ ¼³¸íÀ» °¡ÇØ º¸·Á°í ÇÒ ¶§, ³»°¡
°ÅÁþ¸»À» Çϰí ÀÖ´Ù°í ´À³¢¸ç, ±×·¸°Ô ÇÏ¿© Çϳª´Ô¿¡
´ëÇÑ ³ªÀÇ °ü°è¸¦ ÆÄ±«ÇÏ°í ³ª¿¡°Ô¼ ¸ðµç ¹ÏÀ½ÀÇ
±âȸ¸¦ ¹ÚÅ»ÇÔÀ» ´À³¢°Ô ÇÑ´Ù. |
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I felt the same about the celebration of the chief holidays. To
remember the Sabbath, that is to devote one day to God, was something I
could understand. But the chief holiday was in commemoration of the
Resurrection, the reality of which I could not picture to myself or
understand. And that name of "Resurrection" was also given the weekly
holiday.* |
³ª´Â Áß¿äÇÑ ÈÞÀÏ¿¡ ´ëÇÑ ÃàÇÏ Çà»ç¿¡¼µµ °°Àº °ÍÀ»
´À²¼´Ù. ¾È½ÄÀ» ±â¾ïÇÔÀº, ±×°ÍÀº ÇϷ縦 Çϳª´Ô²²
Çå½ÅÇÏ´Â ³¯·Î½á, ³»°¡ ÀÌÇØÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖ´Â °ÍÀ̾ú´Ù.
±×·¯³ª Áß¿äÇÑ ÈÞÀÏÀº ºÎȰÀ» ±â³äÇϰí ÀÖ¾úÀ¸¸ç,
±×·¯ÇÑ Çö½ÇÀº ³ª´Â »ó»óÇÒ ¼öµµ ÀÌÇØÇÒ ¼öµµ ¾ø¾ú´Ù.
±×¸®°í ¡®ºÎȰ¡¯À̶ó´Â À̸§Àº ¶ÇÇÑ ÁÖÀÏ·Î ºÒ¸®°í
ÀÖ¾ú´Ù. |
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And on those days the Sacrament of the Eucharist was administered,
which was quite unintelligible to me. The rest of the twelve great
holidays, except Christmas, commemorated miracles -- the things I tried
not to think about in order not to deny: the Ascension, Pentecost,
Epiphany, the Feast of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin, etc. At the
celebration of these holidays, feeling that importance was being
attributed to the very things that to me presented a negative importance,
I either devised tranquillizing explanations or shut my eyes in order not
to see what tempted me. |
±×¸®°í ±×·± ³¯µéÀº ¼ºÂù¿¹½ÄÀÌ ÇàÇØÁ³À¸¸ç, ±×°ÍÀº
³ª·Î¼´Â ³Ê¹«³ª ÀÌÇØÇϱâ Èûµé¾ú´Ù. Å©¸®½º¸¶½º¸¦
Á¦¿ÜÇÑ ³ª¸ÓÁö ¿µÎ °¡Áö ÈÞÀÏÀº ±âÀûµéÀ» ±â³äÇϰí
ÀÖ¾ú´Ù-ºÎÀÎÇϱâ À§ÇÏ¿© ³»°¡ »ý°¢ÇØ ³»·Á°í ÇÏÁö ¾Ê´Â
°Íµé: ¿¹¼ö ½ÂõÀÏ, ¿À¼øÀý, °øÇöÃàÀÏ, ¼º¸ð¸¶¸®¾Æ
ÁßÀçÃàÀÏ, µîÀ̾ú´Ù. ÀÌ·¯ÇÑ ÈÞÀϵéÀÇ ÃàÇÏÇà»ç¿¡¼,
³»°Ô´Â ºÎÁ¤ÀûÀÎ Áß¿äÇÔÀ» ÁÖ´Â ¹Ù·Î ±×·± °Íµé¿¡
Áß¿äÇÔ µéÀÌ ºÎ¿©µÇ°í ÀÖ¾ú´Ù´Â °ÍÀ» ´À³¢°í¼, ³ª¸¦
½ÃÇèÇÏ´Â °ÍµéÀ» º¸Áö ¾ÊÀ¸·Á°í ³ªÀÇ ´«À» °¨°Å³ª
¸¶À½À» ¾ÈÁ¤½ÃŰ´Â ¼³¸íµéÀ» ²Ù¸ç ³»¾ú´Ù. |
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Most of all this happened to me when taking part in the most usual
Sacraments, which are considered the most important: baptism and
communion. There I encountered not incomprehensible but fully
comprehensible doings: doings which seemed to me to lead into temptation,
and I was in a dilemma -- whether to lie or to reject them. |
±× Áß¿¡¼µµ À̰ÍÀº ³»°¡ °¡Àå ÈçÇÑ ¼ºÂù½Ä- ¼¼·Ê½Ä
¹× ¼ºÃ¼¹è·É½Ä-¿¡ Âü¿©ÇÒ ¶§ ÀϾÀ¸¸ç, ±×°ÍÀº °¡Àå
Áß¿äÇÏ°Ô ¿©°ÜÁ³´Ù. ±×°÷¿¡¼ ³ª´Â ³³µæÀÌ ¾È°¡´Â ÀÏ
»Ó¸¸ ¾Æ´Ï¶ó ¿ÏÀüÈ÷ ³³µæÀÌ °¡´Â Àϵµ ¸¶ÁÖÃÆ´Ù: ³ª¸¦
½ÃÇèÀ¸·Î À̲ô´Â °Í °°Àº ÇàÀ§µé, ±×¸®°í ³ª´Â °¥µî¿¡
ºüÁ³´Ù-°ÅÁþ¸»À» ÇÒ °ÍÀΰ¡ ¾Æ´Ï¸é ±×°ÍµéÀ» °ÅºÎÇÒ
°ÍÀΰ¡. |
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Never shall I forge the painful feeling I experienced the day I
received the Eucharist for the first time after many years. The service,
confession, and prayers were quite intelligible and produced in me a glad
consciousness that the meaning of life was being revealed to me. The
Communion itself I explained as an act performed in remembrance of Christ,
and indicating a purification from sin and the full acceptance of
Christ's teaching. If that explanation was artificial I did not notice
its artificiality: so happy was I at humbling and abasing myself before
the priest -- a simple, timid country clergyman -- turning all the dirt
out of my soul and confessing my vices, so glad was I to merge in thought
with the humility of the fathers who wrote the prayers of the office, so
glad was I of union with all who have believed and now believe, that I did
not notice the artificiality of my explanation. But when I approached the
altar gates, and the priest made me say that I believed that what I was
about to swallow was truly flesh and blood, I felt a pain in my heart: it
was not merely a false note, it was a cruel demand made by someone or
other who evidently had never known what faith is. |
¸î ³â ¸¸¿¡ óÀ½À¸·Î ¼ºÁ¦Ç°À» ¹ÞÀº ³¯ ³»°¡ °æÇèÇÑ
°íÅ뽺·± ´À³¦À» °áÄÚ Èä³»³»Áö´Â ¸øÇÒ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ¿¹¹è,
°í¹é, ±×¸®°í ±âµµ´Â ¸Å¿ì Àß ÀÌÇØµÇ¾úÀ¸¸ç, ÀλýÀÇ
Àǹ̰¡ ³»°Ô µå·¯³ª´Â Áñ°Å¿î ´À³¦À» ³» ¾È¿¡ ¸¸µé¾î
ÁÖ¾ú´Ù. ³ª´Â ¼ºÃ¼¹è·É ÀÚü¸¦ ±×¸®½ºµµ¸¦ ±â¾ïÇϱâ
À§ÇÏ¿© ÇàÇØÁö´Â ÇàÀ§·Î ¼³¸íÇÏ¿´À¸¸ç, ±×°ÍÀº
Á˷κÎÅÍ ±ú²ýÇÏ°Ô µÊ°ú ±×¸®½ºµµÀÇ °¡¸£Ä§À» ¿ÏÀüÈ÷
¹Þ¾ÆµéÀÓÀ» ÀǹÌÇϰí ÀÖ¾ú´Ù. ¸¸ÀÏ ±×·¯ÇÑ ¼³¸íÀÌ
ÀÎÀ§ÀûÀÎ °ÍÀ̶ó¸é ³ª´Â ±× ÀÎÀ§¼ºÀ» ¾Ë¾ÆÂ÷¸®Áö
¸øÇß´Ù: ¼ºÁ÷ÀÚµé-´Ü¼øÇϸç, ¼Ò½ÉÇÑ ½Ã°ñ ¸ñ»ç-ÀÌ ³ªÀÇ
¿µÈ¥ÀÇ ¸ÕÁöµéÀ» Åо°í ³ªÀÇ ¾ÇÇàµéÀ» °í¹éÇϰÔ
ÇÏ´Â ¾Õ¿¡¼ ³ª¸¦ °â¼ÕÈ÷ ÇÏ°í ³·Ãß´Â ÀÏ¿¡ ³Ê¹«³ªµµ
ÇູÇß¾úÀ¸¸ç, ³Ê¹«³ªµµ Áñ°Ì°Ôµµ ±âµµ ÀýÂ÷¸¦ ¾´
±³ºÎµéÀÇ °â¾ç¿¡ ´ëÇØ »ý°¢¿¡ Àá°åÀ¸¸ç, ¹Ï°í Àְųª
ÀÌÁ¦ ¹Ï´Â ¸ðµç »ç¶÷µé°ú ³Ê¹«³ª Áñ°ÅÀÌ ¿¬ÇÕÇÏ´Â
³ª¸ÓÁö ³ªÀÇ ¼³¸íÀÌ ÀÎÀ§ÀûÀÓÀ» ¾Ë¾ÆÂ÷¸®Áö ¸øÇß´Ù.
±×·¯³ª ³»°¡ Á¦´ÜÀÇ ¹®¿¡ ´Ù°¡°¥ ¶§, ±×¸®°í ¼ºÁ÷ÀÚ°¡
³ª·Î ÇÏ¿©±Ý ³»°¡ »ïŰ·Á°í ÇÏ´Â °ÍÀÌ ÁøÁ¤À¸·Î »ìÀ̸ç
ÇǶó°í ¹Ï´Â´Ù°í ¸»Ç϶ó°í ÇÒ ¶§, ³ª´Â ³ªÀÇ °¡½¿¿¡
°íÅëÀ» ´À²¼´Ù: ±×°ÍÀº ´Ü¼øÈ÷ °ÅÁþµÈ Àǹ̰¡ ¾Æ´Ï¾ú´Ù,
±×°ÍÀº ½Å¾ÓÀÌ ¹«¾ùÀÎÁö °áÄÚ ¾È ÀûÀÌ ¾øÀ½ÀÌ ºÐ¸íÇÑ
¾î¶² ¶Ç´Â ´Ù¸¥ »ç¶÷¿¡ ÀÇÇÑ ÀÜÀÎÇÑ ¿ä±¸¿´´Ù. |
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I now permit myself to say that it was a cruel demand, but I did not
then think so: only it was indescribably painful to me. I was no longer in
the position in which I had been in youth when I thought all in life was
clear; I had indeed come to faith because, apart from faith, I had found
nothing, certainly nothing, except destruction; therefore to throw away
that faith was impossible and I submitted. And I found in my soul a
feeling which helped me to endure it. This was the feeling of
self-abasement and humility. I humbled myself, swallowed that flesh and
blood without any blasphemous feelings and with a wish to believe. But the
blow had been struck and, knowing what awaited me, I could not go a second
time. |
³ª´Â ÀÌÁ¦ ½º½º·³ ¾øÀÌ ±×°ÍÀº ÀÜÀÎÇÑ ¿ä±¸¿´´Ù°í
¸»ÇÑ´Ù, ±×·¯³ª ±×¶§´Â ±×·¸°Ô »ý°¢ÇÏÁö ¾Ê¾Ò´Ù: ±×°ÍÀº
³»°Ô ¿ÀÁ÷ ¼³¸íÇÒ ¼ö ¾ø´Â °íÅëÀ̾ú´Ù. ÀλýÀÇ ¸ðµç
°ÍÀÌ ¸í¹éÇÏ´Ù°í »ý°¢ÇÒ ¶§ÀÇ Ã»³â±âÀÌ´ø À§Ä¡¿¡ ´õ
ÀÌ»ó ÀÖÁö ¾Ê¾Ò´Ù; ³ª´Â »ç½Ç, ½Å¾ÓÀ» ¶°³ª¼´Â,
¾Æ¹«°Íµµ, ºÐ¸íÈ÷ ÆÄ¸ê ¸»°í´Â ¾Æ¹«°Íµµ ãÁö ¸øÇß±â
¶§¹®¿¡ ½Å¾ÓÀ» °®°Ô µÈ °ÍÀ̾ú´Ù; ±×·¯¹Ç·Î ±×·± ½Å¾ÓÀ»
´øÁ® ¹ö¸®´Â °ÍÀº ºÒ°¡´ÉÇßÀ¸¸ç ±×·¡¼ ¼øÁ¾Çß´Ù.
±×¸®°í ³ªÀÇ ¿µÈ¥¿¡¼ ±×°ÍÀ» °ßµð°Ô µµ¿Í ÁÖ´Â °¨Á¤À»
¹ß°ßÇÏ¿´´Ù. À̰ÍÀº Àڱ⠺ñÇÏ¿Í °â¼ÕÀÇ ´À³¦À̾ú´Ù.
³ª´Â ÀÚ½ÅÀ» ³·Ãß°í, ±× °í±â¿Í ÇǸ¦ ¾Æ¹«·± ¸ð¿åÀûÀÎ
´À³¦ÀÌ ¾øÀÌ ±×¸®°í ¹ÏÀ¸·Á´Â ¼Ò¿øÀ» °¡Áö°í »ïÄ×´Ù.
±×·¯³ª ±× Ãæ°ÝÀº °¡ÇØÁ³À¸¸ç, ³ª¸¦ ±â´Ù¸®´Â °ÍÀ» ¾Ë°í,
µÎ ¹øÂ°´Â °¥ ¼ö ¾ø¾ú´Ù. |
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I continued to fulfil the rites of the Church and still believed that
the doctrine I was following contained the truth, when something happened
to me which I now understand but which then seemed strange. |
³ª´Â ±³È¸ÀÇ ÀǽĵéÀ» °è¼ÓÇØ¼ ½ÇõÇß´Ù ±×¸®°í
¿©ÀüÈ÷ ³»°¡ µû¸£´Â ±³¸®´Â Áø¸®¸¦ ´ã°í ÀÖ´Ù°í
¹Ï¾ú´Âµ¥, ±× ¶§¿¡ Áö±ÝÀº ±ú´Ý°í ÀÖÁö¸¸ ±× ¶§´Â
ÀÌ»óÇÏ°Ô ¿©°ÜÁö´ø ¾î¶² ÀÏÀÌ ³ª¿¡°Ô ÀϾ´Ù. |
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I was listening to the conversation of an illiterate peasant, a
pilgrim, about God, faith, life, and salvation, when a knowledge of faith
revealed itself to me. I drew near to the people, listening to their
opinions of life and faith, and I understood the truth more and more. So
also was it when I read the Lives of Holy men, which became my favourite
books. Putting aside the miracles and regarding them as fables
illustrating thoughts, this reading revealed to me life's meaning. There
were the lives of Makarius the Great, the story of Buddha, there were the
words of St. John Chrysostom, and there were the stories of the traveller
in the well, the monk who found some gold, and of Peter the publican.
There were stories of the martyrs, all announcing that death does not
exclude life, and there were the stories of ignorant, stupid men, who knew
nothing of the teaching of the Church but who yet were saved. |
³ª´Â ¹®¸ÍÀÎ ³óºÎ¿Í ¼ø·ÊÀÚÀÇ Çϳª´Ô, ½Å¾Ó, Àλý,
±×¸®°í ±¸¿ø¿¡ °üÇÑ ´ëȸ¦ µè°í ÀÖ¾ú´Ù, ±×¸®°í ±×
¶§¿¡ ½Å¾ÓÀÇ Áö½ÄÀÌ ³ª¿¡°Ô ¸ð½ÀÀ» µå·¯³Â´Ù. ³ª´Â
»ç¶÷µé¿¡°Ô °¡±îÀÌ ´Ù°¡°¡¼, Àλý°ú Á×À½¿¡ °üÇÑ
±×µéÀÇ ÀǰßÀ» µé¾úÀ¸¸ç, Áø¸®¸¦ Á¡Á¡ ´õ ±ú´Ý°Ô µÇ¾ú´Ù.
³»°¡ ¼ºÀÚµéÀÇ »îÀ» ÀÐÀ» ¶§ ¶ÇÇÑ ±×·¯ÇßÀ¸´Ï, ±×°ÍµéÀº
³ªÀÇ °¡Àå ÁÁ¾ÆÇϴ åµéÀÌ µÇ¾ú´Ù. ±âÀûµéÀº Á¦Ãĵΰí
±×°ÍµéÀ» »ý°¢À» ¹àÇôÁÖ´Â ¿ìȶó°í ÇÏ¿©µµ, ÀÌ·¯ÇÑ
µ¶¼´Â ³ª¿¡°Ô ÀλýÀÇ Àǹ̸¦ ¹àÇô ÁÖ¾ú´Ù. À§´ëÇÑ
¸¶Ä«¸®¿ì½ºÀÇ Àλý, ºÎó À̾߱Ⱑ ÀÖ¾úÀ¸¸ç, ¼º ¿äÇÑ
Å©¸®¼½ºÅèÀÇ À̾߱⵵ ÀÖ¾úÀ¸¸ç, ±×¸®°í ¿ì¹°¿¡ ºüÁø
³ª±×³× À̾߱â, ±Ý µ¢¾î¸®¸¦ ¹ß°ßÇÑ Áß, ±×¸®°í ¼±¼úÁý
ÁÖÀÎ ÇÇÅ͵µ ÀÖ¾ú´Ù. ¼ø±³ÀÚµéÀÇ À̾߱âµéµµ ÀÖ¾ú´Âµ¥,
¸ðµÎ ´Ù Á×À½ÀÌ ÀλýÀ» ¸ô¾Æ³»Áö ¾Ê´Â´Ù°í ¼±¾ðÇϰí
ÀÖÀ¸¸ç, ±³È¸ÀÇ °¡¸£Ä§Àº ¾Æ¹«°Íµµ ¸ð¸£Áö¸¸ ±¸¿ø ¹ÞÀº
¹«½ÄÇÏ°í ¾î¸®¼®Àº »ç¶÷µéÀÇ À̾߱âµéµµ ÀÖ¾ú´Ù. |
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But as soon as I met learned believers or took up their books, doubt of
myself, dissatisfaction, and exasperated disputation were roused within
me, and I felt that the more I entered into the meaning of these men's
speech, the more I went astray from truth and approached an abyss. |
±×·¯³ª ³»°¡ ÇнÄÀ» °¡Áø ½ÅÀÚµéÀ» ¸¸³ª°Å³ª ±×µéÀÇ
Ã¥À» µéÀÚ¸¶ÀÚ, ³ª Àڽſ¡ ´ëÇÑ ÀÇȤ, ºÒ¸¸, ±×¸®°í ¼º³
³íÀïÀÌ ³ªÀÇ ¾È¿¡¼ µé²ú¾ú´Ù, ±×¸®°í ³ª´Â ÀÌ·±
»ç¶÷µéÀÇ ¼³±³ÀÇ Àǹ̿¡ ºüÁ®µé¸é µé¼ö·Ï, Á¡Á¡
Áø¸®¿¡¼ ¸Ö¾îÁ®¼ ±¸··ÅÖÀÌ·Î µé¾î°¡´Â °ÍÀ» ´À²¼´Ù. |
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