Justification of Schlegel`S Claim of Identical Roles

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Justification of Schlegel`s Claim of Identical Roles |

The German Romantic theorist`s justification of Friedrich Schlegel`s claim that the role of the artist and the role of the priest are identical? |

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Peter J. Moore 28/01/2014 |

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The German Romantic theorist`s justification of Friedrich Schlegel`s claim that the role of the artist and the role of the priest are identical?

To justify the Romantic theorist’s claim, it is important to identify what the role of the “priest” is within society. The dictionary defines “priest” as an: -

“Ordained minister, especially in the Roman Catholic, Anglican

and Eastern Orthodox churches responsible for administering the

Sacraments, preaching and ministering to the needs of the

Congregation.” (Microsoft Encarta, p.1494).

Expanding on this definition; the religious connotation of the words “ordained”, derived from the Latin – ordinare, “to set in order”, is to officially make a religious appointment (Encarta, p.1330); “Sacraments”, a religious rite or ceremony or something considered to be sacred or have a special significance (Encarta, p.1649); “ministering to…”, seeing to the spiritual needs of others (Encarta, p.1205).

Complimentary to this definition, the Catholic Encyclopaedia contains the following: -

“The priest is the minister of Divine worship…act as intermediaries between man and the Divinity…ordained for men in the things that appertain to God,…one fundamental idea is common…the priest is the person authoritatively appointed to do homage to God in the name of society…It is this name which has passed into Christian speech to signify the minister of Divine service, the priest.”

The specific identification of “the priest” rather than that of any other religious denomination is due to the fact that “…romantics tended towards Catholicism…” (Russell, p.618).

The reason for...