Tsiku loyera pa Disembala 29: nkhani ya St. Thomas Becket

Tsiku lopatulika la Disembala 29
(21 Disembala 1118 - 29 Disembala 1170)

Nkhani ya St. Thomas Becket

Mwamuna wamphamvu yemwe adazengereza kwakanthawi, koma kenako adazindikira kuti munthu sangathenso kulimbana ndi zoyipa, motero adakhala wolimba mu tchalitchi, wofera chikhulupiriro ndi woyera mtima: uyu anali Thomas Becket, Bishopu Wamkulu wa Canterbury, anaphedwa ku tchalitchi chake pa December 29, 1170.

Ntchito yake inali yovuta. Pomwe anali Archdeacon waku Canterbury, adasankhidwa kukhala Chancellor waku England ali ndi zaka 36 ndi mnzake King Henry II. Henry ataona kuti zinali bwino kusankha chancellor wake kukhala Bishopu Wamkulu wa Canterbury, a Thomas adampatsa chenjezo loyenera: mwina sangavomereze kulowerera konse kwa Henry pankhani zampingo. Komabe, mu 1162 adasankhidwa kukhala bishopu wamkulu, adasiya ntchito chancellor ndikusintha moyo wake wonse!

Mavuto ayamba. A Henry adalimbikira kulanda ufulu wa Tchalitchi. Nthawi ina, poganiza kuti mgwirizano ungachitike, a Thomas adatsata. Anavomereza kwakanthawi Malamulo a Clarendon, omwe akanamana atsogoleri achipembedzo ufulu wawo woweruza ndi khothi la tchalitchi ndikuwalepheretsa kupita ku Roma. Koma a Thomas adakana Malamulo, adathawira ku France kuti atetezeke ndipo adakhala ku ukapolo zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri. Atabwerera ku England adaganiza kuti izi zitanthauza kuti afe. Popeza kuti Thomas adakana kuchotsa chiwembu chomwe adapereka kwa mabishopu okondedwa amfumu, Henry adakuwa mokwiya kuti: "Palibe amene angandichotsere wansembe wokhumudwitsa uyu!" Anthu anayi okwera pamahatchi, potenga mawu ake monga momwe amafunira, adapha Thomas ku Cathedral ya Canterbury.

A Thomas Becket amakhalabe ngwazi yopatulika mpaka pano.

Kulingalira

Palibe amene amakhala woyera mtima popanda kumenya nkhondo, makamaka ndi iyemwini. A Thomas adadziwa kuti amayenera kuyima molimba poteteza chowonadi ndi malamulo, ngakhale atayika moyo wake. Tiyeneranso kuyimilira tikakumana ndi zovuta - zotsutsana ndi kusakhulupirika, chinyengo, kuwonongedwa kwa moyo - zomwe zingatipangitse kutchuka, kusangalala, kukwezedwa komanso katundu wina wamkulu.

A Thomas Becket ndi oyera mtima oyang'anira:

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