San Bonifacio, Mutsvene wezuva June 5th
(Circa 675 - June 5, 754)
Nhoroondo yeSan Bonifacio
Boniface, anozivikanwa semupostori wevaGerman, aive muEngland Benedictine monk uyo akasiya kusarudzwa abbot kuti ape hupenyu hwake mukutendeuka kwemadzinza eGerman. Hunhu huviri hunobuda pachena: dzidziso yake yechiKristu uye kuvimbika kwake kuna Papa weRoma.
Zvakakosha chose kuti dzidziso iyi nekuvimbika zvakasimbiswa nemamiriro ezvinhu akawanikwa naBoniface parwendo rwake rwekutanga rweumishinari muna 719 pakukumbirwa naPope Gregory II. Chihedheni yaive nzira yehupenyu. Icho chiKristu chakawana chingave chakawira muchihedheni kana chakasanganiswa nekanganiso. Vafundisi ndivo vaive nemhosva yezviitiko zvekupedzisira sezvo vaive muzviitiko zvakawanda vasina kudzidza, vakasununguka uye vachiteerera zvinonzwisisika kumabhishopi avo. Mune zvimwe zviitiko maodha avo aipokana.
Aya ndiwo mamiriro akashumwa naBoniface muna 722 pakudzoka kwake kwekutanga kuRome. Baba Vatsvene vakamuraira kuti avandudze Chechi yeGerman. Papa akatumira tsamba dzekurumbidza kuvatungamiriri vezvitendero nevemagariro. Boniface akazobvuma kuti basa rake raisazove rakabudirira, kubva pakuona kwevanhu, pasina tsamba yechokwadi yekuzvibata kubva kuna Charles Martel, mutongi ane simba weFrankish, sekuru vaCharlemagne. Boniface akazogadzwa kuva bhishopi wedunhu uye akatenderwa kuronga kereke yese yeGerman. Yakanga yakabudirira zvikuru.
Muumambo hwechiFrank, yakasangana nezvinetso zvakakura nekuda kwekukanganiswa kwenyika mukusarudzwa kwemabhishopu, kuda nyika kwevafundisi uye kushaya kwekutonga kwapapa.
Munguva yeimwe yekupedzisira mishoni muFrisians, Boniface neshamwari makumi mashanu vakaurayiwa paakanga achigadzirira vatendeuki kuti vasimbiswe.
Kuti adzorere kuvimbika kweChechi yeGerman kuRoma uye vatendeutse mahedheni, Boniface aive akatungamirwa nemachinda maviri. Chekutanga chaive chekudzorera kuteerera kwevafundisi kumabhishopi avo vakabatana naPapa weRoma. Yechipiri yaive yekugadzwa kwedzimba zhinji dzekunamatira idzo dzakatora chimiro chemamonasteri eBenedictine. Chiverengero chikuru chemamongi nemaAnglo-Saxon vakamutevera kukondinendi, uko kwaakaunza masista eBenedictine muchipostori chedzidzo.
Kufungisisa
Boniface inosimbisa mutemo wechiKristu: kutevera Kristu ndiko kutevera nzira yemuchinjikwa. Kuna Boniface, kwaisave kungotambura kwepanyama kana kufa, asi basa rinorwadza, risingavongi uye rinovhiringidza rekugadzirisa chechi. Kubwinya kwemamishinari kunowanzofungidzirwa maererano nekuunza vanhu vatsva kuna Kristu. Zvinotaridza - asi hazvisi - zvishoma kubwinya kuporesa imba yekutenda.