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Ngaba ICawa YamaKatolika Yakhe Yatshintsha?

Ewe, iya. Ngelixa abanye abantu becinga ukuba ayitshintshi, abanye bacinga ukuba itshintshe kakhulu kwaye ayikwazi ukuhlanganisa ubuKristu bamandulo kunye nobuKatolika bale mihla.

Inyaniso,banye kwaye bayafana. Nangona kunjalo kuyinyaniso ukuba iinkolelo zobuKristu zinayo zavela okanye iphuhlisiwe ukutyhubela iinkulungwane. Oku akuthethi ukuba iCawa iye yakholelwa into eyahlukileyo kuleyo yayikholelwa kuyo ekuqaleni, kodwa nje kukuba indlela aziqonda ngayo iinkolelo zakhe iye yakhula ngokuhamba kwexesha.

Ukuqhubela phambili kwemfundiso ngumqondiso wobomi beCawa, kwakunye nomoya wayo wokubuza kunye nothando (kunye nokusebenzisa) ulwazi, uninzi lwayo luzuzwe ngotyalo-mali lwamaKatolika kwiidyunivesithi kunye nophando.

UYesu wachaza iBandla njenge “njengokhozo lwemostade . . . [leyo] yeyona mbewu incinci, kodwa xa sele ikhulile ... iyeyona inkulu kumatyholo kwaye iba ngumthi, ukuze iintaka zezulu zize zakhe iindlwane emasebeni awo” (bona UMateyu 13:31, 32).

Ukujonga umthi okhule ngokupheleleyo, ubani unokuba nobunzima bokukholelwa ukuba into enkulu nentsonkothileyo inokuba ivela kwimbewu encinane, kuba imbewu kunye nomthi zibonakala zahluke kakhulu. Nangona kunjalo, Uphononongo olunzulu luya kungqina ukuba imbewu kunye nomthi ziyafana ngesiqu, into enye kumanqanaba ahlukeneyo okukhula. Abo bangayifuniyo iCawe yamaKhatholika ngenxa yokuba besilela ukubona ubungangamsha bakhe bangoku kuluntu lwezenkolo olulula IZenzo zabaPostile ingathi uyayilibala loo nto phantse 2,000 iminyaka ihambile phakathi kwezi zibini.

Ukulindela ukuba iBandla lanamhlanje lijongeke ngendlela elalikhangeleka ngayo kwiZenzo akukho ngqiqweni njengokulindela ukuba umthi ukhangeleke njengembewu., okanye ixhegwazana elinamashumi amabini eminyaka ubudala ukuba livele njengoko lalisenza xa lalilusana.

Abahlalutyi beCawa yamaKatolika bahlala beyityhola ngokuyila imfundiso kuba bayasilela ukwahlula phakathi kokuvela kwengcamango entsha nokuqhubekeka kwendala.. Ukuphuhliswa kwemfundiso akuthethi ukuba urhwaphilizo yemfundiso. Ngokuchasene noko, Imfundiso yamaKatolika ikhule ngobunyulu phantsi kokhuselo loMoya oyiNgcwele.

Phantse 20 iinkulungwane iBandla lichithe licinga ngoYesu’ iimfundiso, siye saziqonda ngokunzulu ezo mfundiso.

Kuyafana nokuba umntu ufunda incwadi enye ngokuphindaphindiweyo kangangexesha elide. Ukuqonda komfundi wencwadi kuya kwanda nangona amazwi encwadi engatshintshi. Njengombhalo oshicilelweyo kwiphepha, iimfundiso ezigqunywe kwiDiphozithi yoKholo enikwe abaPostile ayinakuguqulwa. Nangona kunjalo, njengoko uqhekeko luye lwakhula ukutyhubela iinkulungwane ukuze lucel’ umngeni iinyaniso zabapostile nokulahlekisa amaKristu, iCawe ibidinga ukucacisa into eyikholelwayo ngendlela eqinisekileyo. Kwinkqubo, indlela ayiqonda ngayo inyaniso, ngobabalo lukaThixo, nzulu. Ongcwele uAugustine waseHippo (d. 430) yibeke ngolu hlobo, “Ngelixa ukungazinzi okushushu kwabaqhekeki kuvuselela imibuzo malunga namanqaku amaninzi okholo lwamaKatolika, imfuneko yokuzithethelela iyasinyanzela sobabini ukuba siwaphande ngokuchane ngakumbi, ukuziqonda ngokucacileyo, ndize ndizivakalise ngenyameko; kwaye umbuzo ophakanyiswa ngumchasi uba sisihlandlo somyalelo” (Mzi kaThixo 16:2).

Akukho nto iCawe enayo namhlanje njengeyinyani malunga nokholo kunye nokuziphatha ephikisanayo naleyo ibikade isithi iyinyani. Ezinye iinkolelo zazifundiswa ngokungagungqiyo yiCawa yokuqala kwaye ukususela ngoko ziye zachazwa ngokucacileyo ngakumbi. Zininzi iimeko apho iBandla lasebenzisa igama elitsha kwimfundiso endala ngenjongo yokucacisa. Abanye basenokumangaliswa kukufunda, njengokuba, ukuba ilizwi UBathathu Emnye ayiveli eSibhalweni. Ukusetyenziswa kwayo kokuqala okurekhodiweyo kwenzeka ngasekupheleni kwenkulungwane yesibini.

Phantsi koqhekeko oluxhaphakileyo, imfundiso yeCawa kaBathathu Emnye oNgcwele kwakufuneka ichazwe ngamabhunga ahlukahlukeneyo eecawa, ukuqala ngeBhunga laseNicaea 325 A.D. kwaye iphele ngeBhunga laseConstantinople ngo 681. KwakuseNicaea apho ixesha engqinelanayo, intsingiselo “yento enye,” yamkelwa ngokusemthethweni ukuze kuchazwe ulwalamano oluphakathi kukaYesu noYise. Oku akuthethi ukuba iCawe yayikholelwa ukuba uYesu wayengenabuthixo kancinci kunoBawo ngaphambi kokuba igama elithi consubstantial lisetyenziswe. Yimeko nje yokuba iCawe ifune ukucacisa into ebisoloko ikholelwa kuba imibuzo ephathelele iimfundiso ibibeka esichengeni umanyano lwabathembekileyo..

Kwingxelo yeTestamente eNtsha yeBhunga laseYerusalem, Abangcwele uPawulos, uBharnabhas, yaye abanye bathunyelwa kubapostile namadoda amakhulu eYerusalem ukuze bafune isigwebo kumbandela wolwaluko (bona IZenzo zabaPostile 15:2). Akukho ngqiqweni kumKristu weBhayibhile kuphela ukuba ngamakholwa enkulungwane yokuqala (kuquka noPawulos oNgcwele hayi ngaphantsi) kwakuxhomekeke kwigunya eliyintloko ukwenza isigqibo ngombandela wezakwalizwi. Ukuba babesigqala iSibhalo njengelona gunya lobuKristu, ngaba uPawulos namaqabane akhe ngebangazange baphethukele eSibhalweni kuphela ukuze bawuzinzise lo mbandela?

Ukungabikho kwegunya kushiya iSibhalo sichanabeke ekutolikweni nasekusetyenzisweni kakubi.

Ukubona kwangaphambili oku, iNkosi yaseka iBandla laYo ukuba libe lilizwi laYo eliphilayo ehlabathini, emqinisekisa, Lowo univayo nina, uva mna;, nalowo unigibayo, ugiba mna, lowo ke ugiba mna, ugiba lowo wandithumayo” (ULuka 10:16). Kuba uKrestu wanika iBandla igunya lokuthethela Yena, AmaKristu anyanzelekile ukuba alandele imiyalelo yakhe njengoko ebeya kwenza imiyalelo kaKristu; okanye, ukuyibeka ngokucacileyo, imiyalelo yeBandla zi imithetho kaKristu kuba nguye lowo uthetha ngaye.

Nangona ixesha lesityhilelo esingcwele laphela ngompostile wokugqibela kwaye akukho sityhilelo esitsha siya kunikwa, imfuneko yokucacisa inyaniso yobuKristu phezu kwako nje ukungavisisani.1 Kwakuyimfuneko, ke ngoko, ukuba igunya lolawulo lokuthetha egameni likaKristu linikelwe. Kwakutheni ukuze uYesu anike eli gunya kuphela kwisizukulwana sokuqala seenkokeli zeCawa emva kokuba zonke iingxabano ezisongela ingqibelelo yoMzimba wakhe ziya kwenzeka ukutyhubela iinkulungwane.?

Wonke umbuzo wemfundiso yobuKristu ekugqibeleni wehlela kumbandela wegunya. Xa umntu efikelela kwifolokhwe yezakwalizwi endleleni, eya kukholosa ngaye ukuba uyixelele indlela ethe tye amakahambe ngayo? Ngubani onegunya lokuvakalisa inyaniso? Nokuba ungowasiphi isiko lecawa, le mibuzo, ngaphezu kwabo bonke abanye, imele iphendulwe ngeyona ndlela iqinisekisayo.

  1. IBhunga leSibini leVatican (1965) ichazwe ngokucacileyo, “Uqoqosho lobuKristu, ke ngoko, ekubeni ingumnqophiso omtsha noqinisekileyo, ayisayi kudlula; kwaye akukho sityhilelo esitsha sasesidlangalaleni sinokulindelwa phambi kokubonakaliswa okuzukileyo kweNkosi yethu, UYESU khristu (cf. 1 Tim. 6:14 noTito 2:13)” (Ilizwi likaThixo 4; cf. ICatechism yeCawa yamaKatolika 66).

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