Saint o te ra mo Hanuere 14: te korero mo San Gregorio Nazianzeno

(pea 325 - 390 pea)

Ko te korero mo San Gregorio Nazianzeno

Whai muri i tana iriiringa i te 30 o ona tau, ka koa a Gregory ki te tono i tana hoa a Basilio kia uru atu ki a ia i te whare monastery hou. I pakaru te mokemoke i te wa e hiahia ana te papa o Gregory, he pīhopa, ki te awhina i tana pīhopatanga me tana whenua. Te ahua nei i whakatohungahia a Gregory hei pirihi i runga i te kaha, a kaore noa i whakaae noa ki te kawenga. He tupato tana karo i te wehenga i whakawehia e ia i te wa i pukuriri ai tana papa ki te Arianism. I te tau 41 ka kowhiria a Gregory hei pihikete hei mema mo Caesarea ka pakanga tonu ki a Valens, te emepara, i tautoko i nga Aria.

Ko te hua kino o te pakanga ko te maaramatanga o te whakahoahoa o nga tangata tapu e rua. Na Basilio, tana pihikete nui, i tuku ki tetahi taone pouri me te kore hauora i runga i te rohe o nga wehenga kore i hangaia i roto i tana pīhopatanga. I tawai a Basilio ki a Gregory mo tana kore haere ki tona nohoanga.

I te mutunga o te whakamarumaru mo te Arianism i te matenga o Valens, i karangahia a Gregory ki te hanga ano i te whakapono ki te kitenga nui o Constantinople, i noho i raro i nga kaiako Aryan mo nga toru tekau tau. Ka maunu, ka aro atu, ka mataku ia kei uru ia ki te pirau o te pirau me te tutu. Tuatahi i noho ia ki te whare o tana hoa, koinei anake te whare karakia Orthodox i te taone nui. I roto i tetahi taiao pera, i tiimata tana whakaputa i nga kauhau nui o te Tokotoru e rongonui nei ia. Ka haere te waa ka whakapakarihia e Gregory te whakapono ki te taone nui, engari na te nui o te mamae, te korero kino, te kohukohu me te taikaha ake. He tangata poka noa i whakamatau ki te tango i tana episekopo.

Ko ona ra whakamutunga i noho mokemoke me te austerity. Kua tuhia e ia nga whiti karakia, ko etahi o aua mea he haangai tuituru, he hohonu, he ataahua hoki. I whakamoemitihia a ia ko "te tohunga whakapono". Ko Saint Gregory o Nazianzen e whakaatu ana i tana hākari ruruhi me Saint Basil te Nui i te Hanuere 2.

Te Pūhara

Akene he whakamarie iti ake, engari ko te pororaru i muri mai o te Vatican II i roto i te Haahi he tupuhi paruparu nei ki te whakaritea ki te parekura i puta i te titorehanga Arian, he taumahatanga kaore i warewarehia e te Hahi. Kare a te Karaiti i oati mai i te momo o te rongomau e hiahia ana tatou: kaore he raru, kaore he whakahee, kahore he mamae. I tetahi ara, i tetahi atu ranei, ko te tapu te huarahi o te ripeka.