Christian seafaring
Ancient Mariner designated as part of the field of maritime the merchant shipping . They are therefore differentiated from passenger shipping and the navy .
The oldest recorded use of the term are the titles of some devotional books for seafarers published in the Netherlands, northern Germany and Denmark since the late 16th century.
- Daniel Cramer, Christian Schiffarth. That is prayer of the clergy / for all kinds of emergencies / so that they can go on shipping. Old Stettin 1596, Danish: Christelige Skibsfart, det er: Gudelige Handels oc Vandels Øfvelse til Land oc Vand. o. O. 1677
- Adam Westerman, Christelijcke zee-vaert end wandel-wegh. 1616, many editions; Danish as Den Christian Søfart oc Vandring's journey. Copenhagen 1659
- Adam Westerman, Groote christelijke zee-vaert, in XXVI. predicatien, in the manner of van een zee-postille. Amsterdam 1635
- Floris Willemsz. van der Hart, the nieuwen Katwycker christelycke zee-vaert. 2nd ed. The Hague 1732
The term is no longer used with this meaning today.
The expression is possibly borrowed from the late medieval theme of the ship of penance.
In Psalm 107 verses 23–43 a “Christian” (actually: biblical) sea voyage is described: “Those who sailed with ships on the sea and did their trade in great waters (...) should thank the Lord for his goodness and for his miracles which he does to the sons of men, and praises him in the community and praises him among the ancients. "
Anke Peleikis, on the other hand, suspects that the term was used for Christian seafaring as opposed to “ pagan ” or for Christian piracy as opposed to Arab piracy in North Africa.
literature
- Dietrich Schmidtke (1969–1970): Spiritual shipping. On the theme of the ship of penance in the late Middle Ages. In: Contributions to the history of German language and literature (Tübingen) 91 (1969), pp. 357–385 and 92 (1970), pp. 115–290
- Anke Peleikis (1984): The “Christian Seafaring” - expression or reality? ( Memento from June 28, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) (Lecture on customs and traces of Christianity in seafaring; PDF; 78 kB)
Individual evidence
- ^ Christian seafaring. Marine Lexicon. (No longer available online.) German Navy , November 28, 2005, archived from the original on April 18, 2012 ; accessed on March 10, 2020 .
- ↑ Obsolete: "Kauffahrteischiffahrt" ( https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Kauffahrteischiff ).
- ↑ a b Christian seafaring. (No longer available online.) Bibliographisches Institut & FA Brockhaus AG. , 2008, formerly in the original ; accessed on October 25, 2008 (fee required). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Schmidtke, 1969/70.
- ↑ https://www.bibel-online.net/buch/luther_1912/psalm/107/#23
- ^ Peleikis, 1984.
- ^ Definition at the Norderstedt memorial workshop
