Ngu-St. Vincentius waseLerin,
ku umsebenzi wakhe omangalisayo wembali "Incwadi yeSikhumbuzo yaMandulo kunye neNdawo yonke yoKholo lweCongregational"
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Kodwa ukuze sikwenze kucace ngakumbi oko sikuthethileyo, kufanele kucaciswe ngemizekelo eyahlukeneyo kuze kucaciswe ngeenkcukacha ezingakumbi, ukuze ekusukeleni kwethu ubufutshane obugqithiseleyo, ilizwi elingxamayo liyisuse kwixabiso lezinto.
Ngexesha likaDonatus, elivela kuye igama elithi "Donatists", xa inxalenye enkulu yabantu baseAfrika yayingxamele ukuqhambuka kwempazamo yabo, xa, ukulibala igama, ukholo, ukuvuma izono, babeka ukungakhathali okuhlambelayo omnye. umntu ophambi kweBandla likaKristu, ngoko, kulo lonke elaseAfrika, kuphela ngabo bathe, begxeka iyantlukwano engcolileyo, bazibandakanya neCawa yendalo iphela, ababenokuzigcina bengonzakaliswanga kwingcwele yokholo loxolelwaniso; ngokwenene bashiyela kwizizukulwana umzekelo, ukuba kamva ngobulumko ukubeka impilo yomzimba wonke phambi kobudenge bomnye, okanye ubuncinane abambalwa. Kwakhona, xa ubuthi buka-Arian bosulela, kungekhona kwikona ethile, kodwa phantse lonke ihlabathi, kangangokuba ubumnyama babugubungele iingqondo zabo phantse bonke oobhishophu abathetha isiLatini, ngokuyinxenye bekhokelwa ngamandla, ngokuyinxenye ngobuqhetseba, kwaye babathintela ekuthatheni isigqibo. yeyiphi ikhondo ekufuneka siyilandele kolu bhideko – ke kuphela lowo wayemthanda ngokwenyani kwaye emnqula uKristu waza wabeka ukholo lwakudala phezu kobuqhophololo obutsha wahlala engonakaliswa lusulelo oluza ngokumchukumisa.
Iingozi zelo xesha zabonisa ngokucacileyo ukuba ukuqaliswa kwemfundiso entsha kwakunokuba yingozi kangakanani na. Ngenxa yokuba izinto ezincinci azizange zawa, kodwa kunye nezinto ezibaluleke kakhulu. Yayingezozalo kuphela, ulwalamano lwegazi, ubuhlobo, iintsapho, kodwa kwanezixeko, abantu, amaphondo, izizwe, yaye ekugqibeleni bonke uBukhosi baseRoma bagungqiswa baza bagungqiswa kwiziseko zabo. Kuba emva kolu tshintsho lubi lwe-Arian, njengeBellona okanye ingqumbo, yayiqale yambamba umbusi, yaza yathotyelwa yimithetho emitsha kunye nabo bonke abantu abaphakamileyo ebhotwe, ayizange iyeke ukuxuba kunye nokubhidanisa yonke into, yangasese kunye neyoluntu, ezingcwele nezinyeliso, ukuze zingahluleli phakathi kokulungileyo nokubi, kodwa zibe nokubetha lowo athanda ukumbulala ekuphakameni isikhundla sakhe. Bandula ke abafazi baxhatshazwe, abahlolokazi banyeliswa, iintombi ezinyulu zahlaziswa, izindlu zoonongendi zatshatyalaliswa, abefundisi batshutshiswa, abadikoni batyakatywa, ababingeleli bagxothwa; iintolongo, intolongo, nemigodi yayixinene ngamadoda angcwele, inkoliso yawo, eyathi yakuba yalelwa ukungena ezixekweni, yakhutshelwa ngaphandle, yagxothwa, yawela, yaphanziswa, yatshatyalaliswa bubuze, indlala, nokunxanwa phakathi kweentlango, emiqolombeni, kumarhamncwa; kunye namatye. Kwaye konke oku akwenzeki na ngenxa yokuba imfundiso yasezulwini ishenxisiwe ziinkolelo zomntu, izinto zamandulo, ezazimi phezu kweziseko eziphilileyo, zibhukuqwa bubutsha obungcolileyo, ingcikivo yamandulo iyanyeliswa, itshitshiswa imimiselo yoobawo, imimiselo yooyise. oobawo bethu baguqukela ekubeni babe luthuli nothuli, kwaye iifashoni zomdla omtsha okhohlakeleyo azigcinwanga ngaphakathi kwemida engenakusoleka yezinto zamandulo ezingcwalisiweyo nezingonakaliyo?
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Kodwa mhlawumbi sikwenza oku ngenxa yentiyo entsha kunye nokuthanda endala? Nabani na ocinga ngolo hlobo, ubuncinane makakholelwe kuAmbrose osikelelekileyo, owathi kwincwadi yakhe yesibini eya kumlawuli uGratian, naye ekhala ngexesha elibuhlungu, uthi: “Kodwa ngokwaneleyo, Thixo Somandla, siye sazihlambulula sithinjwa nokwethu. igazi lokubulala abavumi, abathinjwa bababingeleli, nobubi bobu bubi bukhulu. Kucace gca ukuba abo bangcolise ukholo abanakukhuseleka.' Yaye kwakhona kwincwadi yesithathu yale ncwadi inye: “Masiyigcine imimiselo yoobawo, singabi nabuganga bokwaphula ngokungenankathalo amatywina asizuzw’ ilifa kubo. Loo Ncwadi itywiniweyo yesiprofeto, akukho badala, nagunya, nazingelosi, nazingelosi, nazingelosi, nabanobuganga bokuvula: nguKristu yedwa owayenelungelo lokuyicacisa kuqala. Ngubani phakathi kwethu onokuba nobuganga bokuqhekeza itywina leNcwadi yoBubingeleli, itywinwe ngabavumayo yaza yangcwaliswa ngokufel’ ukholo komntu omnye nababini? Abanye banyanzelwa ukuba bayivule, kodwa baphinda bayivala, bebugxeka ubuqhophololo; baza abo bangazange babe nabuganga bakumngcolisa baba ngabavumayo nabafel’ ukholo. Sinokulukhanyela njani ukholo lwabo sivakalisa uloyiso lwabo?' Kwaye ngenene siyakubhengeza, Owu Ambrose obekekileyo! Okunene siyamvakalisa yaye, simdumisa, siyamangaliswa nguye! Ngubani na ke osisidenge kangangokuba, nakuba engenawo amandla okubambisa, angakulangazelela nje ukulandela abo bangenagunya lakubathintela ekuthetheleleni ukholo lweminyanya—nazizoyikiso, nokunyhwalaza, okanye ubomi, okanye ubomi. nakufa, nabhotwe, nabalindi, namlawuli, nabukumkani, namntu, nademon? Ndithi, ngenxa yokuba babambelela ngokuqinileyo kwimbali yamandulo yonqulo, uThixo wabagweba ukuba bafanelwe yisipho esikhulu: ngabo ukubuyisela amabandla awileyo, ukuvuselela iintlanga ezifileyo ngomoya, ukubeka izithsaba ezilahliwe kwiintloko zababingeleli, ukuze bazicime. ngaphandle kwezo zibhalo zikhohlakeleyo, kunye nebala lokungahloneli Thixo okutsha kunye nomlambo weenyembezi zabathembekileyo ezithululelwa koobhishophu abavela phezulu, kwaye ekugqibeleni ukubuyisela phantse lonke ihlabathi, litshayelwe sisivunguvungu esibi solu qhekeko lungalindelekanga, ukungakholwa okutsha ukuya kukholo lwakudala, ukusuka kwimpambano entsha ukuya kwingqiqo yakudala, ukusuka kubumfama obutsha ukuya ekukhanyeni kwakudala. Kodwa kuyo yonke le nto phantse kaThixo isidima of confessors, enye into ibaluleke kakhulu kuthi: ukuba ke, ngexesha leCawa yamandulo, bazithathela ngokwabo ukukhusela inxalenye ethile, kodwa yonke. Kuba kwakungafanelekanga ukuba amadoda amakhulu kangaka nadumileyo axhase ngomgudu omkhulu kangaka ukukrokrelana okungaqinisekanga nokusoloko kungqubana omnye okanye ababini okanye abathathu, okanye ukungena kumadabi ngenxa yesivumelwano esithile esiqhelekileyo kwiphondo elithile; kodwa, belandela imimiselo nezimiselo zabo bonke ababingeleli beBandla elingcwele, abazuzi benyaniso yabapostile neyoxolelwaniso, bakhetha ukuzingcatsha, kodwa hayi ukholo lwamandulo lwendalo iphela.
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Ngoko, mkhulu umzekelo wala madoda asikelelweyo, ngokungathandabuzekiyo angokobuthixo, nakufanelekele ukukhunjulwa nokucingisisa ngokungadinwa ngawo onke amaKristu okwenyaniso; kuba bona, njengesiphatho sezibane ezisixhenxe, esikhanyisa kasixhenxe ngokukhanya koMoya oyiNgcwele, babeka phambi kwamehlo ezizukulwana ngeyona mithetho iqaqambileyo, kwabanjani na kamva, phakathi kweenkohliso zamagama angento yanto, bangquzulane nobungangamsha bezinto ezintsha ezingahloneli Thixo. igunya lezinto zamandulo ezingcwalisiweyo. Kodwa oku akuqali. Ngenxa yokuba eCaweni bekusoloko kusenzeka ukuba okukhona umntu enqula ngakumbi, kokukhona ekulungela ngakumbi ukuchasa izinto ezintsha. Kukho intaphane yemizekelo enjalo. Kodwa ukuze singakhukuliswa, masithabathe abe mnye kuphela, kube ngokuncamela ukuba abe ngowabapostile; ngenxa yokuba wonk’ ubani unokubona ngokucacileyo ukuba ngawaphi amandla, ngolangazelelo nangenzondelelo abalandeli abasikelelekileyo babapostile abasikelelekileyo ababelukhusela ngokuqhubekayo umanyano lokholo olwakhe lwaphunyezwa. Wakuba uAgrippinus ohloniphekileyo, ubhishophu waseCarthage, waba ngowokuqala owathi, ngokuchaseneyo necanon yobuthixo, ngokuchaseneyo nolawulo lweCawa yendalo iphela, ngokuchasene nezimvo zabo bonke ababingeleli abangoowabo, ngokuchasene nesithethe kunye nokusekwa kwezinyanya, wacinga. ukuba uBhaptizo luphindwe. Olu tshintsho lubandakanya ububi obuninzi kangangokuba aluzange lunike bonke abaqhekeki umzekelo wokuhlambela, kodwa lwalahlekisela abanye abathembekileyo. Kwaye ekubeni abantu kuyo yonke indawo babembombozela ngolu tshintsho, kwaye bonke ababingeleli kwiindawo zonke bechasa, elowo ngokomlinganiselo wenzondelelo yakhe, ngoko uPopu osikelelekileyo uStefano, umfundisi wetrone yabapostile, wayichasa kunye namaqabane akhe, kodwa ngenzondelelo enkulu bonke, ngokokubona kwam, bendiba umelwe kukuthi abe ngaphezu kwabo bonke abanye elukholweni, ngangoko agqithiselayo kubo ngobungangamela bakhe. Kwaye ekugqibeleni, kwi-Epistle to Africa, waqinisekisa oku kulandelayo: "Akukho nto ixhomekeke ekuhlaziyweni - kuphela iSithethe kufuneka sihlonitshwe." Le ndoda ingcwele, iyisilumko, yaqonda ukuba ukuhlonela uThixo okuyinyaniso akuvumi namnye ummiselo, ingekuko ukuba zonke izinto zinikelwe koonyana, kwangolokholo ababesamkelwa ngalo kooyise; ukuze ukholo singalukhokeli ngokweminqweno yethu, kodwa ngokuchaseneyo - silulandele apho lusikhokelela khona; nokuba kufanelekile kumKristu ukuthozama nokuba ngqongqo ukuba angadluliseli oko kukokwakhe kwizizukulwana, kodwa ukulondoloza oko akufumene kookhokho bakhe. Yayiyintoni ke indlela yokuphuma kule ngxaki? Yintoni, ngokwenene, kodwa eqhelekileyo kunye neqhelekileyo? Oko kukuthi: endala yagcinwa, kwaye entsha yaliwa ngokuhlazo.
Kodwa ngaba kwakungelo xesha apho inguqulelo yakhe yayingenayo inkxaso? Ngokuchasene noko, wayenecala lakhe iitalente ezinjalo, imilambo enjalo yobuciko, abalandeli abanjalo, ukuqondakala okunjalo, iziprofeto ezinjalo zeZibhalo (ezitolikwe, ngokuqinisekileyo, ngendlela entsha nengendawo) ukuba, ngokombono wam, lonke iyelenqe. Ibingenako ukuwohloka nangayiphi na enye indlela isizathu, ngaphandle kwesinye - into entsha evunyiweyo ayikabumelanga ubunzima besizathu sayo, esiyenzileyo kwaye yasikhusela. Kwenzeka ntoni emva koko? Yaba yintoni imiphumo yeli Bhunga leAfrika okanye lo mthetho? Ngokuthanda kukaThixo, akukho nanye; yonke into yatshatyalaliswa, yaliwa, yanyathelwa njengephupha, njengentsomi, njengentsomi. Kwaye, owu, ukujija okumangalisayo! Ababhali bale mfundiso bagqalwa njengabathembekileyo, nabalandeli bayo bangabawexuki; ootitshala baye benetyala, nabafundi bagwetyiwe; ababhali beencwadi baya kuba ngoonyana bobukumkani bukaThixo, nabakhuseli babo baya kuginywa sisihogo somlilo. Ke ngubani osisidenge oya kuthandabuza ukuba ukhanyiso phakathi kwabo bonke oobhishophu nabafeli-nkolo - uCyprian, kunye namahlakani akhe, baya kulawula noKristu? Okanye, ngokuchaseneyo, ngubani na okwaziyo oku kuhlambalaza okukhulu ukukhanyela ukuba amaDonatists kunye nabanye abantu abakhohlakeleyo, abaqhayisa ukuba babhaptizwe kwakhona ngegunya lelo bhunga, baya kutsha kumlilo ongunaphakade kunye noMtyholi?
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Kum kubonakala ngathi esi sigwebo senziwa saziwe ukusuka phezulu ubukhulu becala ngenxa yobuqhetseba babo bathi, becinga ukufihla uqhekeko oluthile phantsi kwegama lasemzini, badla ngokuyithimba imibhalo yombhali othile wamandulo, engacacanga ncam, ethi ngengqiqo. ukufihlakala kwabo kuhambelana nemfundiso yabo; ukuze xa bebeka le nto kwindawo ethile, bangabonakali bengabokuqala okanye ngabo kuphela. Obu buqhophololo babo, ngokombono wam, buphindene kabini: okokuqala, ngenxa yokuba bengoyiki ukunika abanye ukuba basele ubuthi bobuqhetseba, kwaye okwesibini, ngenxa yokuba ngesandla esingahloneli Thixo bavuselela inkumbulo yomntu ongcwele, njengoko. ukuba babevusa amalahle asele eluthuthu, nalawo angcwatyelwe kuthe cwaka, bavakalisa ngokutsha, beyizisa ekukhanyeni kwakhona, ngaloo ndlela besiba ngabalandeli bakakhokho wabo uHam, owayengabugqubuthelanga nje kuphela ubuze bendoda ebekekileyo. UNowa, kodwa wabonisa abanye, ukuba bamhleke. Ngoko ke waba nomsindo ngenxa yokunyelisa ukuhlonela uThixo—kangangokuba nenzala yakhe yayibotshwe sisiqalekiso sezono zakhe; akaba njengabazalwana bakhe aba basikelelweyo, abangathi ubuze boyise obekekileyo, bawenze inqambi amehlo abo, bangabatyhileli abanye; kananjalo abalubhengezanga ukreqo lwendoda engcwele, baza ke ngoko bavuzwa ngentsikelelo kubo nakwinzala yabo.
Kodwa masibuyele kwisihloko sethu. Ngoko ke sifanele ukuba sizaliswe luloyiko olukhulu, nokoyika ulwaphulo-mthetho, lokuluguqula ukholo, luhlambele ukuhlonela uThixo; hayi kuphela imfundiso malunga nolwakhiwo lweCawa, kodwa noluvo categorical yabapostile ngegunya labo kusithintela kule. Ngenxa yokuba wonk’ ubani uyayazi indlela engqongqo, eqatha, indlela umpostile uPawulos osikelelekileyo abahlasela ngayo abathile abathi, ngokukhululeka okumangalisayo, basuka ngokukhawuleza kakhulu kulowo “ababizelelweyo elubabalweni lukaKristu, baye kwezinye iindaba ezilungileyo, kungekuko ukuba zimbi; “abathe, beqhutywa ziinkanuko zabo, bazihlanganisele kubo abafundisi aba, bephambukele kuyo inyaniso, baphambukela ke kuzo iintsomi,” “ababephantsi kokugwetywa, ngokuba belicekisile idinga labo lokuqala,” belahlekiswa ngabo. abo umpostile wababhalela oku abazalwana baseRoma: “Ke kaloku ndiyaniyala, bazalwana, balumkeleni abo benza iimbambaniso neenkohliso ezinxamnye nemfundiso enayifundayo nina, nibalumkele; Ngokuba abanjalo àbakhonzi yona iNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu, bakhonza izisu zabo, belahlekisa iintliziyo zabangamaziyo, ngamazwi amnandi, alalanisayo, abachwechwela ezindlwini, babalahlekisela abafazi abasindwa zizono, nabalawulwa yiminqweno ngeenkanuko zabafazi. basoloko befunda yaye abanakuze bafikelele ekuyazini inyaniso,” “abangamabhodlo nabakhohlisayo, . . . , “bathiwe wambu likratshi, abazi nto; bacinga ukuba ukuhlonela uThixo kusingisa ingeniso,” “kuba bengaqeshwanga, baqhele ukuya kwindlu ngendlu; abapheleli nje ekudibaneni, kodwa bayathetha, bathanda ukubuza, bathethe izinto ezingafanelekanga,” “abathe, besicekisa isazela esilungileyo, baphukelwa ngumkhombe wokholo,” “abangamampunge abo afumbela ebubini, nokuthetha kwabo izinto ezingento yanto, kwanentetho yabo. liya kunwenwa njengekhaya. Kukwathiwa ngabo: “Kodwa abayi kuba saphumelela, kuba ubudenge babo buya kutyhilwa kubo bonke, kanye njengoko ubutyhakala babo butyhilekile.”
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Kuthe ke, bakuba abathile abanjalo, betyhutyha amazwe ngamazwe, nemizi, beziphatha ngoburheletyo babo ngokwezorhwebo, bada beza kwelaseGalati; kwaye xa, emva kokuva, amaGalati afumana uhlobo lwesicaphucaphu kwinyaniso kwaye wayilahla imana yemfundiso yabapostile kunye nebhunga, kwaye waqala ukunandipha ukungcola kwe-innovation entsha, igunya legunya labapostile lazibonakalisa, ukuze Ke ngoko, ukuba sithe, thina, utsho umpostile, nokuba sisithunywa sezulu, sinishumayeza iindaba ezilungileyo ezinxamnye nezo sanishumayezayo, masisingelwe phantsi. Kutheni le nto esithi “kodwa ukuba nathi” angatsho ukuthi “kodwa ukuba ndim nje”? Oku kuthetha ukuba: “KwanoPetros, kwanoAndreya, kwanoYohane, ekugqibeleni kwanekwayala yabapostile iphela bamele banishumayeza enye into enxamnye nale sinishumayeza yona, makasingelwe phantsi. Inkohlakalo eyoyikekayo, ukuze ungazisindisi wena, nokuba nabanye abakholwa bakho, ukuze luzimaseke ukholo lwakuqala. Noko ke, oku akuphelelanga apho: “Nokuba sisuke isithunywa sasezulwini sanishumayeza iindaba ezilungileyo ezinxamnye nezo sanishumayezayo, masisingelwe phantsi. Ukuze ukholo lugcinwe kube kanye, akwanelanga ukukhankanya ubuntu kuphela, kodwa ubume bezithunywa zezulu obuphezulu kwakufuneka bubandakanywe. Uthi: “Kwanathi, okanye sisithunywa sezulu esiphuma ezulwini.” Akunjalo ngenxa yokuba iingelosi ezingcwele zezulu zisenako ukona, kodwa ngenxa yokuba ufuna ukuthi: nokuba akunakwenzeka ukuba kwenzeke - nabani na, nabani na, kufuneka azame ukuguqula ukholo xa sele lunikezelwe kuthi - isiqalekiso. Kodwa mhlawumbi wathetha oku engacinganga, endaweni yoko wayiphalaza, eqhutywa yintshukumisa yomntu, kunokuba ayimisele, ekhokelwa sisizathu sobuthixo? Akunjalo. Kuba alandelayo alandelayo amazwi azaliswe bubunzima obuninzi bamazwi aphindaphindiweyo: “Njengoko besesitshilo, ngoku ndiyaphinda ndithi, Ukuba ubani unishumayeza into engeyiyo leyo nazamkelayo, makasingelwe phantsi. Akatshongo ukuthi, Ukuba ubani uthe kuni oku okwahlukileyo koko nazamkelayo, makabongwe, adunyiswe, amkeleke; kodwa wathi: Makasingelwe phantsi, okt akhutshwe, akhutshwe enkozweni, akhutshelwe ngaphandle, hleze sisifo esoyikekayo. izimvu zokungcolisa umhlambi kaKristu wabamsulwa ngokuxubana kwawo okunetyhefu kunye naye.
Qaphela: NgoMeyi 24, iCawa ibhiyozela inkumbulo yeSt. Vincent yaseLerin (inkulungwane ye-5)
