Kurambidzwa kweChechi pakugadzwa kwevakadzi ndiko kwete nyaya yerusarura, asi chisimbiso chokuti kudana kwouprista ndiko kunokosha baba. “Nokuti kunyange mune vatungamiri vasingaverengeki muna Kristu, hamuna madzibaba mazhinji,” akanyora kudaro muapostora Pauro. “Nekuti ndakakuberekai muna Kristu Jesu kubudikidza neevhangeri” (ona yaPauro Tsamba Yokutanga kuvaKorinde 4:15 uye Bhuku raVatongi 18:19). Madzimai anoita mabasa akawanda ehutungamiri muKereke, vakadai sevakuru vezvitendero nevaapostora, vakuru vezvikoro, uye vatungamiriri vedzidzo yechitendero. Mupristi, zvisinei, haana kudanwa kungova mutungamiriri wemweya, asi a Baba vemweya; uye nepo mukadzi akasununguka kuva chero chaanoda kuva, chinhu chimwe chete chaasingagoni kuva ndibaba.
Chechi inoramba ichiti varume nevakadzi vakaenzana pachiremera, akaitwa zvose zviri zviviri nomufananidzo waMwari (onai Bhuku raGenesi 1:27). Kunyange zvazvo vakaenzana, zvisinei, varume nevakadzi havana kufanana asi vakasiyana; uye vanodaidzwa kuti vazadzise mabasa akasiyana: hubaba nehumai, zvichiteerana. Hapana kana basa rinopfuura rimwe, asi, zvakare, vakaenzana mukuremekedzwa. Pope Paul XI akanyora, “Nokuti kana murume ari musoro [vemhuri], mukadzi moyo, uye sezvaari panzvimbo yokutanga pakutonga, saka anogona uye anofanira kuzviti ndiye nzvimbo huru murudo” (Kuroorana Kwakachena 27). Kuenderera mberi nekuenzanisa, kana musoro kana mwoyo zvisinganyanyi kukosha kumuviri; muviri unoda zvose kuti urarame. Muenzaniso weChechi, zvino, ndeyekuwirirana, the kuwirirana yevarume. Kusiyana, nyika yenyika, kukanganisa kuenzana kureva kuchinjana, yakagadzira hondo yevarume nevakadzi, umo varume nevakadzi vanoderedzwa kusvika pamwero wevakwikwidzi.
Pamubvunzo wechiremera, hapana sangano munhoroondo yenyika rakasimudzira vakadzi kusvika pachiyero chakaenzana kana chikuru kupfuura chechi yeKatorike. Vanyori vechirume veEvhangeri, semuyenzaniso, haana kuedza kushandura kana kuvanza chokwadi chekuti zvapupu zvekutanga zveKumuka, chokwadi chekutanga chekutenda, vaiva vakadzi. Izvi zvaipesana netsika dzepanguva iyoyo, senguva dzose shoko romukadzi raipiwa ukoshi huduku muPalestine yekare (maona Ruka 24:11). Itany yevakadzi vatsvene mutsika yeChechi yakareba uye inoshamisa zvechokwadi, kusanganisira vatatu vakanzi Vanachiremba veChechi, vadzidzisi chaivo vokutenda: Vatsvene Catherine weSiena (d. 1380), Teresa weÁvila (d. 1582), uye Thérèse weLisieux (d. 1897).
PaVatsvene vose vakuru Kereke inokudza, the Yakaropafadzwa Mhandara Maria inoremekedzwa kure uye kupfuura zvimwe. Saizvozvo, sezvakafungwa naPope John Paul Mukuru, kuzvipira kusingaenzaniswi kweChechi kuna Maria uyo “asina kugashira basa rakakodzera reVaapostora kana hupirisita hwehushumiri hunoratidza zvakajeka kuti kusapinzwa kwevakadzi pakugadzwa kwehupirisita hakurevi kuti vakadzi vane chiremerera chakaderera., uyewo hakugoni kurangarirwa sorusarura kwavari” (Kugadzwa kwoMuprista 3).
Kubva pakupera kweChipiri Vatican Council mu 1965, Chechi yakatsungirira dzvinyiriro yenguva dzose uye inowedzera inobva kunzanga yokuMadokero yokuchinja chimiro chayo chokugadzwa kwavakadzi. Asi iyi idzidziso yakatsanangurwa yeChechi common magisterium, zvichireva kuti yave ichitendwa nomwoyo mumwe nevakatendeka kubva pakutanga. Chechi, naizvozvo, haina simba rekuishandura. Kusimbisa pfungwa iyi, Johane Pauro akataura, “Kuitira kuti kusava nechokwadi kwose kubviswe pamusoro pechinhu chinokosha zvikuru, nyaya inechekuita nebumbiro remitemo reChechi pacharo, mukuda kwehushumiri hwangu hwekusimbisa hama (cf. Ruka 22:32), Ndinozivisa kuti Chechi haina simba chero ripi zvaro rekupa kugadzwa kwehupirisita pavakadzi uye kuti kutonga uku kunofanira kuitwa nevatendi vose veChechi” (Kugadzwa kwoMuprista 4).
Vamwe vakakarakadza kuti mukusarudza varume vanobatira savaprista vokutanga veChechi Yake Jesu akanga achingotsinhirana nemipimo yetsika.. Sezvinoratidzwa neEvhangeri zvakajeka, zvisinei, Jesu aigara achizvidza tsika dzenzanga nokuda kwoUmambo hwaMwari (maona Mateu 9:11 uye Johani 8:3). Uyezve, vapristakadzi, kuva akajairika kumarudzidziso echihedheni eGirisi neRoma, rakanga riri rutivi runogamuchirwa munzanga yekare.
Kuchengetedzwa kwehupirisita kuvarume kunotevera zvakananga muenzaniso waIshe nedzidziso dzeMagwaro Anoyera.; iyo “yakachengetedzwa neTsika yeChechi yenguva dzose uye yepasi rose uye inodzidziswa zvakasimba ne Magisterium mune mamwe magwaro azvino uno” (Kugadzwa kwoMuprista 4). “Sezvakaita mumakereke ose avatsvene,” akanyora kudaro Mutsvene Pauro, “vakadzi ngavanyarare mukereke. Nokuti havatenderwi kutaura, asi inofanira kuva pasi, sezvinorevawo murairo. … Nokuti zvinonyadza kuti mukadzi ataure mukereke” (Tsamba Yokutanga kuvaKorinde 14:33-34, 35; onawo Tsamba Yokutanga kuna Timotio 2:12). Apostora, ehe saizvozvo, akanga asingarevi kurambidza vakadzi “kutaura muchechi” mupfungwawo zvayo, asi mupfungwa yokuparidza kana kutungamirira ungano. Avo vanodudzira Bhaibheri nemaonero echikadzi chinonyanyisa vakasimbirira kuti mashoko aPauro anongoratidzira tsika dzevarume dzaaigara., uye nokudaro hazvina kukosha kuvaverengi nhasi. Maonero aya, kunyange zvakadaro, iyo inotanga kupanikira kufuridzirwa kweMagwaro Matsvene, inoita kuti vanhu varambe vachiti vhesi ripi neripi remuBhaibheri ravanoona serisingakoshi.. Ichi ndicho chikonzero nguva dzose zviri nani mumamiriro ezvinhu aya kudzokera shure pahutungamiri nedzidziso yeChechi nguva dzose.
Manyoro apakuvamba enhau echiKristu anoratidzira kuti vakadzi vakagoverana muupenyu hwakatsaurwa hworudzidziso kupfurikidza neChimiro cheChirikadzi (zvikuru masisita ekutanga). Mutsvene Hippolytus weRoma, kunyora munenge muna A.D. 215, akataura kuti vakadzi vakanyoreswa muhurongwa uhu "havaifanira kugadzwa ... . Kugadzwa ndekwevafundisi nekuda kweLiturgy; asi chirikadzi inotambwa kuti inamate, uye munyengetero ibasa ravose” (Tsika YevaApostora 11).
Kwenguva muKereke yekutanga kwaivewo neOrder yemadhikoni. Madhikoni, zvisinei, havana kugamuchira kugadzwawo, asi vaionekwa senhengo dzevatendi. Achitaura madhikoni, semuyenzaniso, Dare reNicaea mukati 325 akajekeswa, “Tinoreva nemadhikoni vakaita sevakabata tsika iyi, asi ndiani, sezvo vasina kuiswa maoko [sapakugadzwa], vanofanira kuverengwa pakati pevafundisi chete” (Canon 19). Saizvozvowo, Mutsvene Epiphanius akatsanangura achitenderedza 375 kuti chinangwa cheNzvimbo yeVadhikoni “chakanga chisiri chokuva mupristakadzi, kana chero rudzi rwebasa rekutonga, asi nokuda kwokukudzwa kwomukadzi, pamwe panguva yeKubhabhatidzwa, kana kuongorora vanorwara kana kutambura, kuitira kuti [mukadzi] mutumbi haugone kuonekwa nevarume vanoita tsika dzinoyera, asi nomudhikoni” (Panarion 79:3).