UFr. UJohn Bourdin
Ngemva kokusho ukuthi uKristu akazange awushiye umfanekiso “wokumelana nokubi ngamandla,” ngaqala ukukholelwa ukuthi ebuKristwini babengekho isosha labafel’ ukholo ababebulawa ngenxa yokwenqaba ukubulala noma ukuthatha izikhali.
Ngicabanga ukuthi le nganekwane yavela ngokufika kwenguqulo yobukhosi yobuKristu. Kuthiwa abafel’ ukholo abangamaqhawe babulawa kuphela ngoba benqaba ukunikela imihlatshelo konkulunkulu.
Ngempela, phakathi kwabo kwakunalabo abenqaba ngokuphelele ukulwa nokubulala, kanye nalabo ababelwa namaqaba kodwa benqaba ukusebenzisa izikhali ngokumelene namaKristu. Akwamukelekile ukugxila ekutheni kungani kuvela inganekwane ephikelela kangaka.
Ngenhlanhla, izenzo zabafel’ ukholo ziye zagcinwa, lapho ukuvivinywa kwamaKristu okuqala (kuhlanganise namasosha) kuchazwe ngokuningiliziwe ngokwanele.
Ngeshwa, bambalwa ama-Orthodox aseRussia ababaziyo, futhi bambalwa nakakhulu abazifundayo.
Eqinisweni, ukuphila kwabangcwele kugcwele izibonelo zokwenqaba ukuya empini ngenxa kanembeza. Ake ngikhumbule ezimbalwa.
Kwakungenxa yokwenqaba kwakhe ukwenza inkonzo yezempi okwathi ngo-295 kwabulawa iqhawe elingcwele uMaximilian. Umbhalo wecala lakhe ulondolozwe encwadini yakhe ethi Martyrology. Enkantolo uthe:
“Angikwazi ukulwela lo mhlaba… Ngiyakutshela, ngingumKristu.”
Ephendula, umphathi-sifundazwe waveza ukuthi amaKristu ayekhonza ebuthweni lamaRoma. Impendulo ivela ku- Maximilian:
“Umsebenzi wabo lowo. Nami ngingumKristu futhi angikwazi ukukhonza.”
Ngokufanayo, uSt. Martin waseTours washiya impi ngemva kokubhapathizwa. Kubikwa ukuthi ubizelwe kuKesari ukuze ethule indondo yezempi, kodwa wenqaba ukuyamukela, ethi:
“Kuze kube manje ngikukhonze njengesosha. Manje ake ngikhonze uKristu. Nikeza abanye umvuzo. Bahlose ukulwa, futhi mina ngiyisosha likaKristu futhi angivunyelwe ukulwa.”
Esimeni esifanayo kwakukhona induna yekhulu eyayisanda kuguqulwa uSt. Markel, okwathi phakathi nedili yalahla ukuhlonishwa kwayo kwezempi ngala mazwi:
“Ngikhonza uJesu Kristu, iNkosi yaphakade. angisayikukhonza inkosi yenu, ngidele ukukhonza onkulunkulu benu bomuthi namatshe, abayizithombe eziyizithulu neziyizimungulu.'
Izinto ezisetshenziswa ecaleni elibhekene no-St. Markel nazo zigciniwe. Kubikwa ukuthi ushilo kule nkantolo ukuthi “... akufanelekile ukuba umKristu okhonza iNkosi uKristu akhonze emabuthweni omhlaba.”
Ngenxa yokwenqaba ukuya empini ngenxa yezizathu zobuKristu, iSt. Kibi, iSt. Cadoc neSt. Theagen zenziwa zaba abangcwele. Laba bakamuva bahlupheka kanye noSt. Jerome. Wayengumlimi onesibindi futhi onamandla ngendlela engavamile owabuthelwa ebuthweni lasebukhosini njengesosha elithembisayo. UJerome wenqaba ukukhonza, waxosha labo abeza ukuzombutha, futhi kanye namanye amaKristu ayishumi nesishiyagalombili, nawo athola ucingo ebuthweni, acasha emhumeni. Amasosha oMbusi ahlasela umhume, kodwa ehluleka ukubamba amaKristu ngenkani. Bazikhipha ngobuqili. Babulawa ngempela ngemva kokwenqaba ukunikela imihlatshelo ezithombeni, kodwa lokhu kwaba iphuzu lokugcina lokumelana kwabo nenkani enkonzweni yezempi (inani lamaKrestu abuthiwe angamashumi amathathu nambili abulawa ngalolo suku).
Umlando webutho laseThebes, elalingaphansi komyalo ka-St. Maurice, awubhalwanga kahle. Izenzo zokufela ukholo kubo azilondolozwa, njengoba kwakungekho cala. Kuphela isiko elidluliselwa ngomlomo, elilotshwe encwadini ka-St. Bishop Eucherius, esele. Amadoda ayishumi aleli legiyo adunyiswa ngamagama. Bonke abanye baziwa ngegama elivamile labafel’ ukholo baka-Agaun (abangekho ngaphansi kwenkulungwane yabantu). Abazange benqabe ngokuphelele ukuthatha izikhali lapho belwa nezitha ezingamaqaba. Kodwa bahlubuka lapho beyalwa ukuba baqede ukuhlubuka kobuKristu.
Bamemezela ukuthi babengenakubabulala abafowabo abangamaKristu ngaphansi kwanoma yiziphi izimo nanganoma yisiphi isizathu:
“Asikwazi ukungcolisa izandla zethu ngegazi labantu abangenacala (amaKrestu). Ingabe siyizifungo phambi kukaNkulunkulu ngaphambi kokuba sifunge phambi kwakho. Ngeke ube nethemba esifungweni sethu sesibili uma sephula esinye, esokuqala. Wasiyala ukuba sibulale amaKristu - bheka, siyafana."
Kwabikwa ukuthi ibutho lalizacile futhi wonke amasosha eshumi abulawa. Ngemva kokwenqaba okusha, babephinda babulale ingxenye yeshumi baze balibulale lonke ibutho.
UJohn the Warrior akazange ayeke ngokuphelele enkonzweni, kodwa ebuthweni wayehileleke kulokho ngolimi lwezempi olubizwa ngokuthi umsebenzi wokuvukela umbuso - exwayisa amaKristu ngokugasela okulandelayo, ukusiza ukubaleka, ukuvakashela abazalwane nodade abaphonswa ejele (nokho, ngokusho kwe-biography yakhe, singacabanga ukuthi kwakungadingeki ukuba achithe igazi: cishe wayesezinyunithi eziqapha idolobha).
Ngicabanga ukuthi kungaba ihaba ukusho ukuthi wonke amaKristu okuqala ayengama-pacifist (uma nje singenazo izinto zomlando ezanele mayelana nempilo yeBandla kusukela ngaleso sikhathi). Nokho, phakathi namakhulu amabili okuqala, isimo sabo sengqondo ngempi, izikhali, nenkonzo yezempi sasibi kakhulu kangangokuthi umgxeki oshisekayo wobuKristu, isazi sefilosofi uCelsus, wabhala: “Ukube bonke abantu benza njengani, akukho obekungavimbela umbusi ukuba angabi nacala. esele yedwa, amabutho amhlubukile. Umbuso wawuzowela ezandleni zamaqaba angenamthetho.'
Lapho isazi semfundiso yenkolo yobuKristu u-Origen siphendula:
“AmaKristu aye afundiswa ukuba angazivikele ezitheni zawo; futhi ngenxa yokuthi baye bagcina imithetho ebeka ubumnene nothando kumuntu, bathole lokho ababengeke bakuthole kuNkulunkulu ukuba babevunyelwe ukulwa, nakuba babengase benze kanjalo.
Kufanele sicabangele elinye iphuzu futhi. Ukuthi abenqaba ukuya empini ngenxa kanembeza akuzange kube inkinga enkulu kumaKristu okuqala akuchazwa ngokuyinhloko ukuzimisela kwawo ukuya empini, kodwa iqiniso lokuthi ababusi babengenasidingo sokugcwalisa ibutho elivamile ngokubuthwa.
UVasily Bolotov wabhala ngalokhu: “Amabutho amaRoma agcwaliswa ngamavolontiya amaningi abeza ukuzobhalisa.” Ngakho-ke, amaKristu ayengangenela inkonzo yezempi ezimweni ezingavamile kuphela.
Isimo lapho amaKristu ebuthweni baba maningi, kangangokuthi kakade bakhonza unogada wasebukhosini, kwenzeka kuphela ekupheleni kwekhulu lesi-3.
Akudingekile ukuba bangene enkonzweni ngemva kokuthola ubhapathizo lobuKristu. Ezimweni eziningi esizaziyo, baba amaKristu kuyilapho kakade bengamasosha. Futhi lapha ngempela oyedwa onjengoMaximilian angase akuthole kungenakwenzeka ukuqhubeka enkonzweni, futhi omunye uzophoqeleka ukuba ahlale kuyo, anciphise izinto acabanga ukuthi angakwazi ukuzenza. Ngokwesibonelo, ukungasebenzisi izikhali ngokumelene nabazalwane kuKristu.
Imingcele yalokho okuvunyelwa isosha eliye laguqukela ebuKristwini yachazwa ngokucacile ekuqaleni kwekhulu lesi-3 nguSt. , ngisho noma uwutholile umyalo… Isosha elisemsebenzini akufanele libulale indoda. Uma eyaliwe, akumelwe enze umyalo futhi akumelwe afunge. Uma engayifuni akaliwe. Ophethe amandla enkemba, noma eyimantshi yomuzi egqoke i-indigo, ayeke ukuba khona noma anqatshwe. Abakhangisi noma amakholwa afuna ukuba ngamasosha kumele alahlwe ngoba adelele uNkulunkulu. UmKristu akufanele abe isosha ngaphandle kokuba ephoqelelwe induna ephethe inkemba. Akumele azithwese isono esichitha igazi. Nokho, uma echithe igazi, akufanele adle amasakramente ngaphandle kokuba ehlanziwe ngokuphenduka, izinyembezi, nokukhala. Akumelwe enze ngobuqili, kodwa ngokwesaba uNkulunkulu.”
Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi iBandla lamaKrestu laqala ukuguquka, lasuka ekuhlanzekeni kwezimiso zevangeli, lizivumelanisa nezimfuno zezwe, elingefani noKristu.
Futhi ezikhumbuzo zobuKristu kuchazwe ukuthi lezi zinguquko zenzeka kanjani. Ikakhulukazi, ezintweni zoMkhandlu Wokuqala Wama-Ecumenical (i-Nicaea), sibona ukuthi, ngokwamukelwa kobuKristu njengenkolo yombuso, lawo maKristu ayekade ethathe umhlalaphansi emsebenzini wezempi aphuthuma ebuthweni. Manje bakhokha izifumbathiso ukuze babuye (ngiyanikhumbuza ukuthi inkonzo yezempi kwakuwumsebenzi ohloniphekile futhi okhokhelwa kahle - ngaphandle komholo omuhle, i-legionnaire nayo yayinelungelo lokuthola impesheni enhle kakhulu).
Ngaleso sikhathi iBandla lalisakucasukela. Umthetho we-12 woMkhandlu Wokuqala Wenkolo Yenkolo ubiza abanjalo “izihlubuki”: “Labo ababizelwe ngomusa emsebenzini wokholo futhi baye babonisa umfutho wokuqala womhawu ngokukhumula amabhande ezempi, kodwa-ke, njengenja, baye babuyela ezweni. amahlanzo abo , kangangokuthi abanye baze basebenzise imali nezipho ukuze babuyiselwe esikhundleni sezempi: mabathi ngemva kokuchitha iminyaka emithathu belalele imiBhalo evulandini, bese kuthi iminyaka eyishumi balale bequbude ebandleni, becela intethelelo”. UZonara, ekuchazeni kwakhe lo mthetho, unezela ukuthi akekho ongahlala enkonzweni yezempi uma engakaze alahle ukholo lobuKristu.
Nokho, emashumini ambalwa eminyaka kamuva, uSt. Basil Omkhulu wabhala ngokungabaza ngamasosha angamaKristu ayebuya empini: “Obaba babengakubheki ukubulala empini njengokubulala, bebeka izaba, njengoba kubonakala kimi, ompetha bobumsulwa nokuzinikela kokuhlonipha uNkulunkulu. Kepha mhlawumbe kungaba kuhle ukubaluleka, njengabanezandla ezingcolile, ukuba bagweme iminyaka emithathu ekuhlanganyeleni nezimfihlakalo ezingcwele.'
IBandla lingena enkathini lapho kufanele lilinganisele phakathi kukaKristu noKhesari, lizama ukukhonza Oyedwa futhi lingakhubeki omunye.
Kwavela kanjalo inganekwane yokuthi amaKristu okuqala ayengasayi empini ngenxa nje yokuthi ayengafuni ukunikela imihlatshelo konkulunkulu.
Ngakho sifika enganekwaneni yanamuhla yokuthi noma yiliphi isosha (hhayi ngisho nomKristu) elilwela “injongo efanele” lingahlonishwa njengomfel’ ukholo nosanta.
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