muscular 的詞源

1680年代，“與肌肉有關的”，源自拉丁語 musculus（見 muscle（n.））+ -ar。早期的同義詞是 musculous（15世紀初，源自拉丁語 musculosus）。意思是“肌肉發達的，強壯的，有着發達的肌肉”，始於1736年。 Muscular Christianity（1857）最初是指英國國教會牧師和小說家查爾斯·金斯利（1819-1875）的哲學，他拒絕了這個術語。 Muscular dystrophy 自1877年以來被證實。

You have used that, to me, painful, if not offensive, term, 'Muscular Christianity.' My dear Sir, I know of no Christianity save one, which is the likeness of Christ, and the same for all men, viz., to be transformed into Christ's likeness, and to consecrate to His service, as far as may be, all the powers of body, soul, and spirit, regenerate and purified in His Spirit. All I wish to do is, to say to the strong and healthy man, even though he be not very learned, or wise, or even delicate-minded--in the aesthetic sense: 'You, too, can serve God with the powers which He has given you. He will call you to account for them, just as much as he will call the parson, or the devout lady.' [letter, Oct. 19, 1858, to a clergyman who in a review had called him a "muscular Christian"]

你用了那個對我來說痛苦，如果不是冒犯的術語，“肌肉基督教”。親愛的先生，我只知道一種基督教，那就是基督的樣子，對所有人都一樣，即被轉化爲基督的樣子，並在他的靈中奉獻身體，靈魂和精神的所有力量，得到重生並在他的靈中得到淨化。我想做的就是對強壯和健康的人說，即使他不是很有學問，或者不很聰明，甚至不是很細膩的人 - 在審美意義上：“你也可以用上帝賜予你的力量來服務上帝。他將像牧師或虔誠的女士一樣要求你對他負責。”[信，1858年10月19日，寫給一位在評論中稱他爲“肌肉基督教徒”的牧師]