Английская Википедия:Bondye
Bondye, also known Gran Maître (Шаблон:Lang-ht),[1] is the supreme creator god in the African diasporic religion of Haitian Vodou. Vodouists believe Bondye was responsible for creating the universe and everything in it, and that he maintains the universal order. They nevertheless deem him to be transcendent and thus inaccessible to humans, who must instead interact with spirits called lwas.
Vodou developed among Afro-Haitian communities amid the Atlantic slave trade of the 16th to 19th centuries. It arose through the blending of the traditional religions brought to the island of Hispaniola by enslaved West Africans, many of them Igbo, Yoruba or Fon, and the Roman Catholic teachings of the French colonialists who controlled the island. Bondye took his name from the French language term Bon Dieu ("Good God"). Conceptually, Bondye occupied the role played by God in Roman Catholicism and other forms of Christianity, as well as that of the supreme deity found in various African traditional religions.
Bondye in Haitian theology
Teaching the existence of single supreme God,Шаблон:Sfnm Vodou has been described as monotheistic.Шаблон:Sfnm This entity, the creator of the universe, is called the Bondye or Gran Mèt. The word Bondye is derived from the French Bon Dieu ("Good God").Шаблон:Sfn For Vodouists, Bondye is seen as the ultimate source of power,Шаблон:Sfn deemed responsible for maintaining universal order.Шаблон:Sfn Bondye is also regarded as remote and transcendent,Шаблон:Sfnm not involving itself in human affairs;Шаблон:Sfn there is thus little point in approaching it directly.Шаблон:Sfn Haitians will frequently use the phrase si Bondye vle ("if Bondye is willing"), suggesting a belief that all things occur in accordance with this divinity's will.Шаблон:Sfn
The scholar of religion Leslie Desmangles referred to Bondye as "the Godhead".Шаблон:Sfn While Vodouists often equate Bondye with the Christian God,Шаблон:Sfn Vodou does not incorporate belief in a powerful antagonist that opposes the supreme being akin to the Christian notion of Satan.Шаблон:Sfn
Bondye occupies the role played by the Christian God in Christianity and by the supreme deity in various African traditional religions.Шаблон:Sfn
Cosmology and mythology
Vodou teaches that one of Bondye's first creations was the sun, the appearance of which was necessary for all others things, including laws and humans, to exist.Шаблон:Sfn It holds that Bondye then created humanity in his own image out of clay and water.Шаблон:Sfn
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- ↑ Torres, Rafael Agustí. "Loas y Vèvès del Vudú", p. 19 (in Spanish)
