UPatriarch we-Ecumenical kanye noMbhishobhi Omkhulu waseConstantinople Bartholomew banikele umlayezo wakhe kaKhisimusi emfundisweni yenkolo yokuthula. Uqala ngamazwi we-hesychast yekhulu le-14, uSt. Nicholas Cavàsila, ukuthi ngokuthatha isimo somuntu kweNkosi, abantu ngokokuqala ngqá bazi uNkulunkulu eBantu abathathu. Ukwamukelwa kwemvelo yomuntu yiNdodana kanye neZwi likaNkulunkulu kanye nokuvula indlela eya kumuntu yokwenza unkulunkulu ngomusa kumnika inani elingenakuqhathaniswa. Ukukhohlwa leli qiniso kuholela ekwehleni kwenhlonipho ngomuntu. Ukuphikwa kwenjongo ephakeme yomuntu akugcini nje ngokumkhulula, kodwa futhi kumholela emikhawulweni nasekuhlukaniseni okuhlukahlukene. Ngaphandle kokwazi ngemvelaphi yakhe yobuNkulunkulu kanye nethemba lengunaphakade, umuntu akakwazi ukuqhubeka engumuntu, engakwazi ukubhekana nokungqubuzana “kwesimo somuntu”.
Ukuqonda kobuKristu ngobukhona bomuntu kunikeza isixazululo ezinkingeni ezidalwa udlame, impi nokungabi nabulungisa emhlabeni wethu. Ukuhlonipha umuntu, ukuthula nobulungisa kuyisipho esivela kuNkulunkulu, kodwa ukuzuza ukuthula uKristu akuletha esesimweni somuntu kudinga ukuhlanganyela nokubambisana kwabantu. Ukuma kobuKristu endabeni yokulwela ukuthula kunqunywa amazwi kaKristu uMsindisi, oshumayela ukuthula, obingelela “ngokuthula kinina” futhi ebiza abantu ukuba bathande izitha zabo. Isambulo sikaKristu sibizwa ngokuthi “iVangeli Lokuthula.” Lokhu kusho ukuthi kithina maKristu indlela eya ekuthuleni iwukuthula uqobo, ukuthi ukungabi nabudlova, ukuxoxisana, uthando, ukuthethelela nokubuyisana kuthatha indawo yokuqala kunezinye izinhlobo zokuxazulula izingxabano. Imfundiso yenkolo yokuthula ichazwe ngokucacile embhalweni we-Ecumenical Patriarchate “On the Life of the World” (kusukela ngo-2020), lapho kuthiwa: “Akukho okuphambene nentando kaNkulunkulu ngezidalwa Zakhe, ezidalwe ngomfanekiso Wakhe nangokufana Naye. , kunobudlova umuntu abenza kumakhelwane wakhe… Singasho kufanele ukuthi ubudlova buyizinga eliphezulu lesono. Kuphambene ngokuphelele nemvelo yethu edaliwe kanye nobizo lwethu olungaphezu kwemvelo ukufuna ubunye bothando noNkulunkulu nomakhelwane…”.
Lapho kubhekene nosongo lokuthula, ukuqapha kanye nesifiso sokuxazulula izinkinga ngezingxoxo kuyadingeka. Amaqhawe amakhulu epolitiki ngabalweli bokuthula. Siyaqhubeka nokugcizelela ukuthi izinkolo zineqhaza lokudala ukuthula esikhathini lapho zigxekwa khona ngoba esikhundleni sokubonisa amandla okuthula, ukwesekwa nokubuyisana, zikhuthaza ukushiseka ngokweqile nobudlova “egameni likaNkulunkulu” - lokhu kuwukuhlanekezelwa kwenkolo, futhi akusiyo eyakhe.
… Ngemicabango enjalo kanye nemizwa eqotho, ngokuqiniseka okugcwele ukuthi impilo yeBandla kanjalo imele ukumelana nonya, noma ngabe ivela kuphi, sisibizela sonke empini enhle yokwakha isiko lokuthula nokubuyisana lapho uzobona ebusweni bomakhelwane, umfowabo nomngane, hhayi isitha nesitha, futhi okusikhumbuza sonke, bazalwane nabantwana, ukuthi ukuzalwa kukaKristu yisikhathi sokuzazi nokubonga, sokuveza umehluko. phakathi kukaNkulunkulu-umuntu kanye “nonkulunkulu ongumuntu”, wokubona “isimangaliso esikhulu” senkululeko kuKristu nokuphulukisa “usizi olukhulu” lokuhlukaniswa noNkulunkulu.
