Idin ranar 2 ga Fabrairu: Gabatarwar Ubangiji

Labarin gabatarwar Ubangiji

A ƙarshen karni na 1887, wata mace mai suna Etheria ta yi hajji zuwa Urushalima. Littafin littafinsa, wanda aka gano a cikin 40, yana ba da hangen nesa irin na rayuwar karatun litattafai a wurin. Daga cikin bukukuwan da ya bayyana akwai Epiphany, kiyaye haihuwar Kristi da jerin gwanon gala don girmama Gabatarwarsa a Haikali kwanaki 40 daga baya. A ƙarƙashin Dokar Musa, mace ta kasance “ƙazamtacciya” na tsawan kwanaki XNUMX bayan ta haihu, a lokacin da ta gabatar da kanta ga firistoci kuma ta miƙa hadaya, “tsarkakewar” ta. Saduwa da duk wanda ya taɓa asirin - haihuwa ko mutuwa - ya keɓe mutum daga bautar yahudawa. Wannan idin yana jaddada farkon bayyanuwar Yesu a cikin Haikali fiye da tsarkakewar Maryamu.

Farillar ta bazu ko'ina cikin Cocin Yammaci a ƙarni na biyar da na shida. Yayin da Coci a Yammacin ke bikin haihuwar Yesu a ranar 25 ga Disamba, an koma Gabatarwa zuwa 2 ga Fabrairu, kwanaki 40 bayan Kirsimeti.

A farkon karni na takwas, Paparoma Sergius ya ƙaddamar da jerin gwanon fitilu; a ƙarshen wannan karni guda albarkar da rarraba kyandirorin, wanda ke ci gaba a yau, ya zama ɓangare na bikin, yana ba wa bikin shahararren suna: Candlemas.

Tunani

A cikin labarin Luka, dattawa biyu, Simeon da Anna gwauruwa sun marabci Yesu a cikin haikalin. Sun sanya Isra’ila cikin begen haƙuri; sun yarda da jaririn Yesu a matsayin Masihu da aka daɗe ana jira. Nassoshi na farko game da bikin Roman suna kiran shi bikin San Simeone, tsohon mutumin da ya fashe da waƙar farin ciki wanda har yanzu Ikilisiya ke raira waƙa a ƙarshen rana.