NgoJanuwari 15, uBhishophu Omkhulu Weecawa uBartholomew wavakalisa ukuqaliswa kweNkomfa Yezenzululwazi Yezizwe Ngezizwe “Yompostile uPawulos eAntalya (eTurkey): Inkumbulo, Ubungqina” eyaququzelelwa nguMbindi wasePisidian kwisixeko saseAntalya, iOthodoki Times inikela ingxelo.
Kwintetho yakhe, i-Ecumenical Patriarch ibhekiselele kwindalo yonke yeVangeli kaKristu kunye nokubaluleka kokushumayela koMpostile uPawulos, ngaphakathi kwesakhelo apho i-Ecumenical Patriarchate ithathe amanyathelo ahlukeneyo namhlanje ukukhuthaza ubudlelwane be-ecumenical kunye nengxoxo.
“Siye sagxininisa ngokuphindaphindiweyo ukuba umanyano asingombandela nje wangaphakathi weCawa, kanye ngenxa yokuba lunxibelelene ngokungenakuhlukaniswa nomanyano loluntu lonke. ICawe ayizenzeli yona, kodwa isenzela lonke uluntu kwaye, ngokubanzi, kwindalo yonke,” wagxininisa eso sibini waza wongezelela:
“Nangona kunjalo, ngeli xesha linzima embalini, indalo iphela ayibobunewunewu okanye inzuzo. Kunyanzelekile kwaye kuyimfuneko kuthi njengamaKristu kuba ukusinda kwehlabathi kuxhomekeke ekutolikweni okubanzi kunye nokusetyenziswa okubanzi kweVangeli. Isigunyaziso se-ecumenical [ingxoxo] ibalulekile kubukho bayo nozinzo. Sibizelwe kwihlabathi liphela. Kungenjalo asinakuphefumla, asinakuphila!'
Kwenye indawo kwintetho yakhe, uPatriarch we-Ecumenical wagxininisa ukuba kwihlabathi lethu, inkolo iyaxhatshazwa, ilawulwa kwaye isetyenziswe ngezizathu ezahlukeneyo, kuquka ubuzwe, inzondelelo yempambano kunye ne-fundamentalism.
Oku sikubona phambi kwamehlo ethu eUkraine, apho ubuKristu bobuOthodoki busetyenziswa ngokungekho sikweni nxamnye namanye amaKristu obuOthodoki ngentsikelelo yoBukhosi baseMoscow. Sibona ukwaphulwa kwemithetho efanayo nakuMbindi Mpuma nakuMntla Afrika, apho ubutshaba neemfazwe zisiliwa egameni lonqulo nto leyo ephelisa ubomi babantu neentswelo zabantu.”
Oobhishophu, abefundisi, oonjingalwazi beeyunivesithi nabefundisi bezakwalizwi abavela kumazwe ahlukeneyo bebethathe inxaxheba kule nkomfa.
Umzekeliso: Umqondiso weSaint Ap. UPaul nguTheophanes waseKrete osuka kwimonki yaseStavronikita eyona ndawo incinci kuzo zonke iimonki ze-athonite ezakhiwe ngendlela ekuyo ngoku ngo-1533 nguAbbot Gregorios kunye nosolusapho we-ecumenical uYeremiya I.
