Fr. UJohn Bourdin
Emva kokuba uKristu engazange awushiye umzekeliso ‘wokuchasa ububi ngamandla,’ ndaqalisa ukweyiselwa kukuba kubuKristu kwakungekho bafeli-nkolo ababulawayo ngenxa yokwala ukubulala okanye ukuthabatha izixhobo.
Ndicinga ukuba le ntsomi yavela ngokufika kwenguqulelo yobukhosi yobuKristu. Kuthiwa aba bafeli-nkolo babulawa kuphela ngenxa yokuba bengazange bavume ukwenza amadini kwizithixo.
Eneneni, phakathi kwabo kwakukho abo bangavumiyo ngokupheleleyo ukulwa nokubulala, kwanabo babesilwa nabahedeni kodwa bengavumi ukusebenzisa izixhobo nxamnye namaKristu. Akwamkelekanga ukunikela ingqalelo kwisizathu sokuba kuvela intsomi ezingisa ngolo hlobo.
Ngethamsanqa, izenzo zabafeli-nkolo ziye zagcinwa, apho izilingo zamaKristu okuqala (kubandakanywa namajoni) zichazwe ngokweenkcukacha ezaneleyo.
Ngelishwa, bambalwa kumaOthodoki aseRashiya abazaziyo, yaye bambalwa abazifundayo.
Enyanisweni, ubomi babangcwele buzaliswe yimizekelo yabantu abangavumiyo ukuya emkhosini ngenxa yezazela zabo. Makhe ndikhumbule ezimbalwa.
Kwakungenxa kanye yokwala kwakhe ukwenza inkonzo yasemkhosini okwathi ngowama-295 kwabulawa igorha elingcwele uMaximilian. Umbhalo wetyala lakhe ugcinwe kwiMartyrology yakhe. Enkundleni wathi:
Andinakulwela eli hlabathi… Ndikuxelela, ndingumKristu.
Liphendula, ibamba lathi amaKristu ayesebenza kumkhosi wamaRoma. Impendulo ivela ku- Maximilian:
“Ngumsebenzi wabo lowo. Nam ndingumKristu kwaye andinakukhonza.”
Ngokukwanjalo, uSt. Martin waseTours wawushiya umkhosi emva kokuba ebhaptiziwe. Kubikwa ukuba ubizelwe kuKesare ukuba anike ibhaso lomkhosi, kodwa wala ukulamkela, esithi:
Kude kube ngoku bendisebenza njengejoni. Ngoku mandikhonze uKristu. Banike umvuzo abanye. Bazimisele ukulwa, yaye mna ndilijoni likaKristu yaye andivumelekanga ukuba ndilwe.”
Kwimeko efanayo kwakukho umthetheli-khulu owayesandul’ ukuguquka uSt. Markel, owathi ngexesha lesidlo wazilahla imbeko zomkhosi ngala mazwi:
“Ndikhonza uYesu Kristu, uKumkani kanaphakade. Andiyi kuphinda ndimbuse ukumkani wenu, yaye ndilucekisile unqulo lwezithixo zenu zomthi namatye, ezizizithulu nezizizidenge.
Izixhobo ezivela kwityala elichasene neSt. Markel nazo zigciniwe. Kubikwa ukuba uye wachaza kule nkundla ukuba “... ayifanelekanga ukuba umKristu okhonza iNkosi uKristu akhonze kwimikhosi yehlabathi.”
Ngenxa yokwala ukuya emkhosini ngenxa yezizathu zobuKristu, iSt. Kibi, iSt. Cadoc neSt. Theagen zamiselwa njengabangcwele. Owamva wabandezeleka kunye noSt. Jerome. Wayengumlimi okhaliphileyo nowomeleleyo ngokungaqhelekanga owabizelwa kumkhosi wasebukhosini njengejoni elithembisayo. UJerome wala ukukhonza, wabagxotha abo babeze kumgatya, yaye ekunye namanye amaKristu alishumi elinesibhozo, nawo awafumana ubizo lokuya emkhosini, azimela emqolombeni. Amajoni asebukhosini ahlasela umqolomba, kodwa awazange awabambe ngenkani amaKristu. Bazikhupha ngobuqili. Ngokwenene babulawa emva kokwala ukwenza amadini kwizithixo, kodwa le yayiyeyona ndawo yokugqibela yokuchasa kwabo ngenkani ukuya emkhosini (amashumi amathathu anesibini angamaKristu abulawa ngaloo mini).
Imbali ye-legion e-Thebes, eyayiphantsi komyalelo we-St. Maurice, ibhalwe kakubi ngakumbi. Izenzo zokufela ukholo ngokuchasene nabo azigcinwa, njengoko kwakungekho tyala. Kuphela sisithethe somlomo, esibhalwe kwileta ka-St. Bishop Eucherius, eseleyo. Amadoda alishumi alo mkhosi azukisiwe ngamagama. Abanye baziwa ngegama jikelele labafeli-nkolo baka-Agaun (abangekho ngaphantsi kwewaka labantu). Abakhange bakwale ngokupheleleyo ukuthabatha izixhobo xa besilwa neentshaba zabahedeni. Kodwa bavukela xa bayalelwa ukuba baphelise imvukelo yamaKristu.
Avakalisa ukuba ayengenakubabulala abazalwana bawo abangamaKristu phantsi kwazo naziphi na iimeko nangasiphi na isizathu:
“Asinakudyobha izandla zethu ngegazi labantu abamsulwa (amaKristu). Ngaba sisifungo phambi koThixo phambi kokuba sifunge phambi kwakho? Awunakuba nantembelo kwisifungo sethu sesibini ukuba siyasaphula esinye, esokuqala. Usiyalele ukuba sibulale amaKrestu – khangela, siyafana.”
Kwanikelwa ingxelo yokuba lo mkhosi wawubhityile yaye ijoni ngalinye leshumi lalibulawa. Emva kokwala ngakunye, babephinda babulale isishumi ngasinye de bawubulale wonke loo mkhosi.
UJohn the Warrior akazange arhoxe ngokupheleleyo kwinkonzo, kodwa emkhosini wayebandakanyeke kwinto ngentetho yasemkhosini ebizwa ngokuba ngumsebenzi wokubhukuqa - elumkisa amaKristu ngohlaselo olulandelayo, ukwenza lula ukusaba, ukutyelela abazalwana noodade abaphoswa entolongweni (noko ke ngokwe-biography yakhe, sinokucinga ukuba akazange achithe igazi: mhlawumbi wayekwiiyunithi ezigada isixeko).
Ndicinga ukuba bekuya kuba sisibaxo ukutsho ukuba onke amaKristu enkulungwane yokuqala ayengama-pacifists (ukuba kungenxa yokuba singenazo izinto zembali ezaneleyo ngobomi beCawa ukususela ngelo xesha). Noko ke, ebudeni beenkulungwane ezimbini zokuqala, isimo sengqondo sawo ngemfazwe, ngezixhobo nakwinkonzo yasemkhosini sasisibi kangangokuba umgxeki okhutheleyo wobuKristu, isithandi sobulumko uCelsus, wabhala: “Ukuba bonke abantu bebenokwenza njengani, bekungekho nto ibiya kumthintela umlawuli ukuba angabi natyala. ewe, eshiywe yedwa, eshiywe ngabantu bonke. Obo bukhosi babuza kuwela ezandleni zabona bantu bachasene nomthetho.'
Umfundisi wezakwalizwi ongumKristu uOrigen uphendula athi:
“AmaKristu aye afundiswa ukuba angazikhuseli kwiintshaba zawo; yaye ngenxa yokuba beyigcinile imithetho emisela ululamo nothando emntwini, baye bafumana kuThixo oko bebengenakukufumana ukuba babevunyelwe ukuba balwe imfazwe, nangona ngebabekwenzile oko.
Kufuneka sithathele ingqalelo enye ingongoma. Into yokuba abo bangafuniyo ukuya emkhosini ngenxa yezazela zabo ayizange ibe yingxaki enkulu kumaKristu enkulungwane yokuqala icaciswa ubukhulu becala kungekhona kukuvuma kwawo ukuya emkhosini, kodwa sisibakala sokuba abalawuli kwakungeyomfuneko ukuba bazalise umkhosi oqhelekileyo ngokubizelwa emkhosini.
UVasily Bolotov wabhala oku: “Imikhosi yamaRoma yayizaliswe ngamatsha-ntliziyo amaninzi awayeze kubhalisa.” Ngoko ke, amaKristu ayenokungenela inkonzo yasemkhosini kuphela kwiimeko ezikhethekileyo.
Imeko xa amaKristu emkhosini baba baninzi, kangangokuba sele bekhonza kwigosa lomkhosi, kwenzeka kuphela ekupheleni kwenkulungwane yesi-3.
Akuyomfuneko ukuba bangene enkonzweni emva kokuba bebhaptiziwe. Kwiimeko ezininzi esizaziyo, baye baba ngamaKristu ngoxa babengamajoni. Kwaye apha eneneni omnye onjengoMaximilian unokukufumanisa kungenakwenzeka ukuqhubeka nenkonzo, kwaye omnye uya kunyanzelwa ukuba ahlale kuyo, enciphisa izinto acinga ukuba unokuzenza. Ngokomzekelo, singasebenzisi izixhobo nxamnye nabazalwana bakaKristu.
Imida yoko kuvumelekileyo kwijoni eliye laguqukela kubuKristu yachazwa ngokucacileyo ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane yesi-3 nguSt. , nokuba uwufumene umyalelo… Ijoni elisemsebenzini alifanele libulale indoda. Ukuba uyalelwe, makangawenzi umthetho, makangafungi; Ukuba akafuni, makaliwe. Lowo uphethe amandla ekrele, okanye umantyi wesixeko onxibe i-indigo, makayeke ukubakho okanye aliwe. Ababhengezi okanye amakholwa afuna ukuba ngamajoni afanele agatywe ngenxa yokuba emdelile uThixo. UmKristu akafanele abe lijoni ngaphandle kokuba unyanzeliswe ngumphathi wekrele. Makangazithwali umthwalo wesono samagazi. Noko ke, ukuba uthe waphalaza igazi, makangadli emithendelekweni, ngaphandle kokuba uhlanjululwe ngentlawulelo, ngeenyembezi, nangokulila. Makangenzi ngobuqhokolo, makube ngokokoyika uThixo.”
Kuphela nje ekuhambeni kwexesha iBandla lamaKristu laqala ukutshintsha, ukuba lisuke kubunyulu bemfundiso yevangeli, liziqhelanise neemfuno zehlabathi, elingeyonxalenye yobuKristu.
Kwaye kwizikhumbuzo zamaKristu kuchazwa indlela olu tshintsho lwenzeka ngayo. Ngokukodwa, kwizinto zeBhunga lokuQala le-Ecumenical (iNicaea), sibona indlela, ngokwamkelwa kobuKristu njengenkolo yelizwe, loo maKristu ayekade eyeka ukuya emkhosini abalekela emkhosini. Ngoku bahlawula izinyobo ukuze babuyele (ndiyanikhumbuza ukuba inkonzo yasemkhosini yayingumsebenzi ohloniphekileyo kwaye uhlawulwa kakuhle - ngaphandle komvuzo omhle, i-legionnaire nayo yayinelungelo lokufumana umhlalaphantsi ogqwesileyo).
Ngelo xesha iCawa yayisayicaphukela. UMthetho we-12 weBhunga Lokuqala Lonqulo ubabiza aba “bawexuki”: “Abo babizwe ngobabalo kuvumo lokholo baza babonakalisa ikhwele lokuqala ngokukhulula amabhanti asemkhosini, kodwa ke, njengenja, baye babuyela emfazweni. emhlanzweni wabo, kangangokuba bambi bade basebenzise imali nezipho ukuze babuyiselwe emkhosini: mabathi, emva kokuchitha iminyaka emithathu bephulaphule iZibhalo evarandeni, emva koko iminyaka elishumi bangqengqe ebandleni, becela ukuxolelwa.” UZonara, ekuchazeni kwakhe lo mgaqo, wongezelela ukuba akukho mntu unokuhlala emkhosini konke konke ukuba akazange alulahle ukholo lobuKristu ngaphambili.
Noko ke, kumashumi ambalwa eminyaka kamva, uSt. Basil Omkhulu ethandabuza wabhala oku ngamajoni angamaKristu awayebuya emfazweni: “Oobawo abazange bakugqale ukubulala edabini njengokubulala, bengxengxeza, njengoko kubonakala kum, iintshatsheli zobunyulu nezobuthixo. Mhlawumbi koba kuhle ukuba bacetywe, ngathi banezandla ezingahlambulukanga, ukuba bangathi iminyaka emithathu bangabi nakudlelana neemfihlelo ezingcwele.
ICawa ingena kwixesha apho imele ilungelelane phakathi kukaKristu noKesare, izama ukukhonza uMnye ingakhubekisi omnye.
Ngaloo ndlela kwavela intsomi yokuba amaKristu okuqala ayengayi emkhosini kuba nje engafuni ukunikela imibingelelo koothixo.
Yaye ngoko sifikelela kwintsomi yanamhlanje yokuba naliphi na ijoni (kungekhona kwanamKristu) elilwela “injongo elungileyo” linokuhlonelwa njengomfeli-nkolo nengcwele.
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