Shin kun san wanene Waliyin wanda, da farko, yayi amfani da kalmar 'Krista'?

Na abin yabo "Kiristoci"Asali daga Antakiya, a Turkey, kamar yadda aka ruwaito a cikin Ayyukan Manzanni.

Sai Barnaba ya tafi Tarsus neman Shawulu, ya same shi ya kai shi Antakiya. 26 Sun zauna tare har shekara guda a cikin wannan yankin suna koyar da mutane da yawa; a Antakiya a karo na farko an kira almajiran Krista ”. (Ayukan Manzanni 11: 25-26)

Amma wa ya fito da wannan suna?

An yi imani da hakan Sant'Evodio ke da alhakin sanya sunayen mabiyan Yesu a cikin "Kiristoci" (a Girkanci Χριστιανός, ko Christianos, wanda ke nufin "mabiyin Kristi").

Ba a san kaɗan game da Saint Evodio ba, amma wata al'ada ta nuna cewa yana ɗaya daga cikin almajirai 70 waɗanda Yesu Kristi ya naɗa (gwama Lk 10,1: XNUMX). Sant'Evodio shine bishop na biyu na Antakiya bayan Saint Peter.

St. Ignatius, wanda shine bishop na uku na Antakiya, yana ishara zuwa gare shi a ɗaya daga cikin wasiƙun nasa, yana mai cewa: "Ka tuna da mahaifinka mai albarka Evodius, wanda Manzanni suka nada shi limaminku na farko".

Mafi yawan masana ilimin littafi mai tsarki suna ganin sanya “kirista” a matsayin hanya ta farko don bambance al’ummarsu ta girma da yahudawan garin saboda a lokacin Antakiya gida ne ga yahudawan Yahudawa da yawa da suka gudu daga Urushalima bayan Saint Stephen aka jejjefe shi har lahira. Yayin da suke can, sun fara wa'azi ga Al'ummai. Sabon aikin ya kasance mai nasara sosai kuma ya haifar da ƙaƙƙarfan al'umma na masu bi.

Hadisai sun nuna cewa Evodius ya yiwa mabiya addinin Kirista a Antakiya shekaru 27 kuma Cocin Orthodox ya koyar da cewa ya mutu yana mai shahada a shekara ta 66 a ƙarƙashin sarkin Rome Nero. Idin Sant'Evodio yana ranar 6 Mayu.