San Bonifacio, Woyera wa tsiku la 5 June

(675 circa - 5 Juni 754)

Mbiri ya San Bonifacio

Boniface, wodziwika kuti mtumwi wa Ajeremani, anali mchimwene wachingelezi wa Benedictine yemwe adasiya kusankhidwa kukhala abot kuti apereke moyo wake pakusintha mafuko aku Germany. Makhalidwe awiri amaonekera: chiphunzitso chake chachikhristu ndi kukhulupirika kwake kwa Papa waku Roma.

Chikhulupiriro ndi kukhulupirika kumeneku kunali kofunika kwambiri komwe kunatsimikizidwa ndi zomwe Boniface adapeza paulendo wake woyamba waumishonale mu 719 atapemphedwa ndi Papa Gregory Wachiwiri. Chikunja chinali njira yamoyo. Zomwe Chikhristu zidapeza zidagwera mchikunja kapena zidasakanizidwa ndi zolakwika. Atsogoleri anali ndiudindo waukulu pazifukwa zomalizazi chifukwa nthawi zambiri anali osaphunzira, omasuka komanso omvera mabishopu awo. Nthawi zambiri ma oda awo omwe anali okayikitsa.

Izi ndi zomwe Boniface adalemba mu 722 paulendo wake woyamba wobwerera ku Roma. Atate Woyera adamulamula kuti asinthe Tchalitchi cha Germany. Papa watumiza makalata ovomerezeka kwa atsogoleri achipembedzo komanso aboma. Pambuyo pake Boniface adavomereza kuti ntchito yake sikadakhala yopambana, malinga ndi malingaliro amunthu, popanda kalata yotsimikizika yochokera kwa Charles Martel, wolamulira wamphamvu waku Frankish, agogo a Charlemagne. Boniface pamapeto pake adasankhidwa kukhala bishopu wamchigawo ndikuvomerezedwa kuti apange bungwe lonse la Germany. Zinali zopambana kwambiri.

Mu ufumu wachi Frankish, idakumana ndi mavuto akulu chifukwa chakusokonezedwa ndi zisankho zamabishopu, kukonda atsogoleri achipembedzo komanso kusowa ulamuliro wapapa.

Paulendo womaliza ku Frisians, Boniface ndi anzawo 53 adaphedwa pomwe anali akukonzekera otembenuka mtima kuti atsimikizidwe.

Kuti abwezeretse kukhulupirika kwa Tchalitchi cha Germany ku Roma ndikusintha achikunja, Boniface adatsogozedwa ndi akalonga awiri. Choyamba chinali chobwezeretsa kumvera kwa atsogoleri achipembedzo kwa mabishopu awo mogwirizana ndi Papa waku Roma. Lachiwiri linali kukhazikitsidwa kwa nyumba zambiri zopempherera zomwe zidakhala ngati nyumba za amonke za Benedictine. Chiwerengero chachikulu cha amonke ndi ambuye a Anglo-Saxon adamutsatira ku kontrakitala, komwe adayambitsa masisitere achi Benedictine muukapolo wamaphunziro.

Kulingalira

Boniface akutsimikizira lamulo lachikhristu: kutsatira Khristu ndikutsata njira ya mtanda. Kwa Boniface, sikunali kuvutika kwakuthupi kapena imfa, koma ntchito yowawa, yopanda chiyamiko komanso yosokoneza kusintha kwa tchalitchi. Ulemerero wa umishonale umaganiziridwa nthawi zambiri pobweretsa anthu atsopano kwa Khristu. Zikuwoneka - koma sizopambana - kuchiritsa nyumba yachikhulupiriro.