Yintoni iNzila & Kutheni amaKatolika ezila ukutya?

Yintoni iNzila?

ILente lixesha lokuthandaza nokuzila ukutya elandulela iPasika. Ihlala iintsuku ezingamashumi amane, kodwa iiCawe azibalwa njengeentsuku, ngoko iLente iqala malunga 46 iintsuku phambi kwePasika. KumaRoma Katolika, I-Lent iqala ngoLwesithathu wothuthu ize iphele ngo 3:00 PM ngoLwesihlanu olungileyo–kwiintsuku ezimbini phambi kweCawa yePasika. Yahluke kancinane kumaKatolika angamaOthodoki.

Kuwo wonke amazwe aseNtshona, yaziwa ngokuba Ukuzila, esiLatini sithetha "iintsuku ezingamashumi amane." EUnited States, nangona kunjalo, ibizwa ngokuba Ukuzila emva kwegama lesiNgesi elidala elithi intwasahlobo.

Ngoko, Yintoni uthuthu?

EBhayibhileni, ukubeka uthuthu entloko kubonisa ukuzila nokuguquka (bona uYobhi 42:6, okqhubekayo.).

Esalatha emva kumazwi kaThixo kuAdam kwiGenesis 3:19, “Uluthuli, uya kubuyela kwaseluthulini,” uthuthu lusisikhumbuzo esinamandla kuthi sobomi bethu kwaye kufuneka sijike ezonweni zethu. Kanjalo, uphawu lomnqamlezo emabunzini ethu lubonisa ukuba singabakaKristu Yesu ngobhaptizo, kwaye sinethemba lokuba siya kwabelana eluVukweni lwaKhe (bona uPawulos Ileta eya kwabaseRoma 8:11).

Umzekelo weBhayibhile womqondiso womnqamlezo ufumaneka kwiNcwadi yeSityhilelo 7:3, ethetha ngabathembekileyo abafumana uphawu olukhuselayo emabunzini abo. Imibhalo yamandulo yamaKristu ibhekisa kumqondiso womnqamlezo. Tertullian, ngeenxa zonke 200 A.D., wabhala, “Kuzo zonke izenzo eziqhelekileyo zobomi bemihla ngemihla, silanda umqondiso ebunzi” (Isithsaba 3).

Kutheni amaKatolika ezila ukutya ngexesha lokuzila?

Isithethe seentsuku ezingama-40 sokuthandaza nokuzila ukutya silandela umzekelo kaYesu, owachitha iintsuku ezingama-40 ezila ukutya kwaye ethandaza entlango elungiselela ubulungiseleli bakhe basemhlabeni, bona uMateyu 4:2.

NgoLwesithathu Wothuthu nangooLwezihlanu ngeNzila, abathembekileyo babizelwe ukuzila ukudla. Yiyo i, AmaKatolika asempilweni entle naphakathi kweminyaka yobudala 18 kwaye 59 kufuneka batye isidlo esipheleleyo kunye nezidlo ezimbini ezincinci (ezidityanisiweyo zingalingani nesidlo esipheleleyo).

Ukusetyenziswa kwamanzi kunye namayeza, kanjalo, azifakwanga ekuzileni.

Ukuzila ukutya ngumsebenzi womoya owenzelwe ukuzisa inyama ekuthotyweni. Njengoko oNgcwele uPawulos wabhalayo kweyakhe Ileta yokuqala eya kwabaseKorinte, “Ndiyawuthambisa umzimba wam, ndiwuthobe, hleze ndithi, ndakuba ndishumayele kwabanye, ndibe ngokwam ngokwam.

Kukho amandla angaphezu kwawemvelo anxulumene nokuzila ukutya xa kusenziwa ngenxa yothando ngoThixo. Kwi UMateyu 6:4 kwaye 18, UYesu wacebisa abalandeli bakhe ukuba bazile ukutya baze baphe amalizo, kungekhona ngenxa yenkoliseko yabantu kodwa kuThixo “obona emfihlekweni, aze akuvuze.” Xa abafundi bembuza ukuba kutheni bengakwazi ukukhupha umoya okhohlakeleyo, Uphendule watsho, “Olu hlobo alunakukhutshelwa ngaphandle nantoni na ngaphandle komthandazo nokuzila ukudla” (Phawula 9:29). Ingelosi ibonakala kuKorneli phakathi IZenzo zabaPostile, 10:4 watyhilelwa kuye, “Imithandazo yakho nenceba yakho inyukile yaba sisikhumbuzo phambi koThixo.”

Kutheni amaKatolika engafuni ukutya inyama ngoLwesihlanu kwiLente?

NgoLwesithathu Wothuthu nangooLwezihlanu ngeNzila, AmaKatolika 14 abaneminyaka yobudala nangaphezulu babizwa ukuba bayeke ukutya inyama. NgokoMthetho weCanon, inyaniso, AmaKatolika abizelwa ukuba azikhwebule kwinyama (okanye enze isenzo esilinganayo sezohlwayo) kwi rhoqo ngooLwezihlanu unyaka wonke.¹

Igunya leCawe lokwenza imithetho ebophelelayo kwabathembekileyo livela kuKristu ngokwaKhe, owathi kubapostile kuMateyu 18:18, “Nantoni na oyibophayo emhlabeni iya kubotshwa emazulwini; othe wakukhulula emhlabeni, kokhululwa emazulwini. (Watsho kuPetros, ngokunjalo.)

Njengakuyo yonke imithetho yeCawa, ukuzikhwebula kwenyama ngolwesihlanu akumiselwanga ukuba kube luxanduva kuthi, kodwa ukusisondeza kuYesu. Isikhumbuza ukuba lo mhla weveki uYesu wabandezeleka ngawo waza wafela izono zethu.

Kweyakhe Incwadi yokuqala eya kuTimoti 4:3, UPawulos wabagxeka abo “bakwalelayo ukutshata nabayalela ukuba bazikhwebule ekutyeni.” Bambi baye bayisebenzisa kakubi le ndinyana ukuze bagxeke uqheliselo lwamaKatolika lokungatshati nokungayityi inyama.

Kwesi sicatshulwa, nangona, UPawulos wayebhekisela kumaGnostiki, ababewujongela phantsi umtshato nokutya kuba bekholelwa ukuba ihlabathi lenyama lingendawo. AmaKatolika, kwelinye icala, musa ukukholelwa ukuba umhlaba wenyama ungendawo. AmaKatolika athile aqhelisela ukungatshati, kodwa ukuba onke amaKatolika ayeqhelisela ukungatshati, ngekungekho maKatolika kwakudala–njengeeShakers.

Ngokuchasene noko, Ukuzeyisa sikujonga njengezipho ezivela kuThixo njengoko uPawulos wabhala kwindinyana elandelayo yale ncwadi (4:4). Ukanti siyakhwebuka kuzo ngamaxesha athile naphantsi kweemeko ezithile ukuze sibonise ukuba siyamthanda uThixo kuqala ngaphezu kwazo zonke izinto ezidaliweyo..

Ukuzila ukutya, ukuzikhwebula kunye neminye imibingelelo emincinci esiyinikela ngexesha leLente, ayizozohlwayo kodwa ngamathuba okuba sijike kweli hlabathi sisondele kuThixo ngokupheleleyo–ukuba sinikele kuye ngendumiso nombulelo ngeziqu zethu zonke, umzimba nomoya.