San Cipriano, Woyera wa tsiku la 11 Seputembara

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Nkhani ya San Cipriano
Cyprian ndikofunikira pakukula kwamalingaliro achikhristu ndikuchita m'zaka za zana lachitatu, makamaka kumpoto kwa Africa.

Wophunzira kwambiri, waluso wotchuka, adakhala Mkhristu atakula. Anagawana katundu wake kwa osauka ndikudabwitsa nzika zake potenga lumbiro la kudzisunga asanabatizidwe. Pasanathe zaka ziwiri adadzozedwa kukhala wansembe ndipo adasankhidwa, motsutsana ndi chifuniro chake, Bishopu waku Carthage.

Cyprian adadandaula kuti mtendere womwe Tchalitchichi limakhazikitsa udafooketsa mzimu wa akhristu ambiri ndikutsegulira otembenuka omwe alibe mzimu wowona wachikhulupiriro. Chizunzo chitayamba mu Decian, akhristu ambiri adasiya Mpingo mosavuta. Kubwezeretsedwa kwawo ndiko komwe kunadzetsa mikangano yayikulu mchaka chachitatu ndikuthandizira Tchalitchi kupitilira pakumvetsetsa kwawo Sacramenti ya Kulapa.

Novato, wansembe yemwe adatsutsa chisankho cha Cyprian, adayamba kugwira ntchito Cyprian atasowa (adathawira kumalo obisalirako kutsogolera Tchalitchi, ndikudzudzula) ndipo adalandira ampatuko onse osakakamiza kulapa kulikonse. Pambuyo pake adapezeka wolakwa. Cyprian adakhala pakati, akunena kuti iwo omwe adadzipereka okha ku mafano amangolandira Mgonero akamwalira, pomwe iwo omwe adangogula zikalata zodzinenera kuti amadzipereka okha atha kuvomerezedwa pambuyo pakulapa kwakanthawi kapena kwakanthawi. Izi nazonso zidamasulidwa panthawi yazizunzo zatsopano.

Mliri wina ku Carthage, Cyprian analimbikitsa Akristu kuti athandize aliyense, kuphatikizapo adani awo ndi ozunza awo.

Mnzake wa Papa Cornelius, Cyprian adatsutsa Papa wotsatira, Stephen. Iye ndi mabishopu ena aku Africa sakanazindikira kuti ubatizo umaperekedwa ndi ampatuko ndi schismatics. Awa sanali masomphenya achilengedwe chonse a Tchalitchi, koma Cyprian sanachite mantha ngakhale ndikuwopsezedwa ndi Stefano kuti adzachotsedwa.

Anatengedwa ukapolo ndi mfumu kenako ndikumukumbutsa kuti aweruzidwe. Adakana kuchoka mzindawo, akuumiriza kuti anthu ake akhale ndi umboni wakuphedwa kwake.

Cyprian anali chisakanizo cha kukoma mtima komanso kulimba mtima, nyonga komanso kulimba. Anali wokondwa komanso wowona mtima, kotero kuti anthu samadziwa kuti amukonde kapena kumulemekeza kwambiri. Adatenthetsa pakutsutsana kwa ubatizo; Maganizo ake ayenera kuti ankamudetsa nkhawa, chifukwa inali nthawi imeneyi pamene analemba nkhani yonena za kuleza mtima. Augustine akuwona kuti Cyprian adatetezera mkwiyo wake ndikuphedwa mwaulemerero. Phwando lake lachipembedzo lili pa Seputembara 16.

Kulingalira
Mikangano yokhudza Ubatizo ndi Chisamaliro m'zaka za zana lachitatu ikutikumbutsa kuti Mpingo woyambirira unalibe mayankho okonzeka kuchokera kwa Mzimu Woyera. Atsogoleri achipembedzo ndi mamembala amtsiku limenelo adakumana ndi ziweruzo zopweteka kwambiri zomwe akanatha kuyesera kutsatira chiphunzitso chonse cha Khristu osatengeka ndikukokomeza kumanja kapena kumanzere.