Ngaba uyazi ukuba ngubani oyiNgcwele, owathi kuqala wasebenzisa igama elithi 'amaKristu'?

Isihlomelo "NgamaKristu"Ivela ku Kwa-Antiyokwe, kwi Turkey, njengoko kuchaziwe kwiZenzo Zabapostile.

“UBharnabhas ke wemka waya eTarso esiya kufuna uSawule. Bahlala kunye unyaka wonke kuloo ndawo, bafundisa abantu abaninzi. kwa-Antiyokwe okokuqala abafundi babizwa ngokuba ngamaKrestu ”. (KwiZenzo 11: 25-26)

Kodwa ngubani oza neli gama?

Kukholelwa ukuba Sant'Evodio linoxanduva lokuchaza abalandeli bakaYesu ngokuthi "ngamaKrestu" (ngesiGrike Χριστιανός, okanye uChristosos, okuthetha ukuthi "umlandeli kaKristu").

Kuncinci okwaziwayo ngo-Saint Evodio, nangona kunjalo isithethe esinye sibonisa ukuba wayengomnye wabafundi abayi-70 abonyulwe nguYesu Krestu (cf. Lk 10,1: XNUMX). USant'Evodio wayengubhishophu wesibini wakwa-Antiyokwe emva INgcwele uPeter.

USt Ignatius, owayengubhishophu wesithathu wakwa-Antiyokwe, ubhekisa kuye kwenye yeeleta zakhe, esithi: "Khumbula uyihlo uEvodius osikelelekileyo, owamiselwa njengomfundisi wakho wokuqala ngabaPostile".

Uninzi lwabaphengululi bebhayibhile babona ukubizwa "kobuKristu" njengendlela yokuqala yokwahlula uluntu lwabo olukhulayo kumaJuda esixeko kuba ngelo xesha iAntiyokwe yayilikhaya lamaKristu amaninzi angamaJuda abaleka eYerusalem emva USanto Stefano waxulutywa ngamatye wafa. Ngoxa babelapho, baqala ukushumayela kwiintlanga. Umsebenzi omtsha uphumelele kwaye wakhokelela kuluntu olomeleleyo lwamakholwa.

Inkolelo ithi u-Evodius wakhonza indawo yamaKristu eAntiyokwe iminyaka engama-27 kwaye iCawa yobuOthodoki ifundisa ukuba wafa njengomfeli-nkolo ngonyaka wama-66 phantsi komlawuli waseRoma uNero. Umthendeleko weSant'Evodio ungomhla we-6 kuCanzibe.