Ngaba ukuhlanjululwa kwemiphefumlo “yinto nje” yamaKatolika?
Abaxhasi bobufundamentali bangathanda ukuthi iCawa yamaKatolika "yasungula" imfundiso yentlambululo-miphefumlo ukwenza imali, kodwa kunzima ukuba ithi nini. Uninzi lwabantu abachasene namaKatolika - abo benza imali ngokuhlasela "ubuRoma" - kubonakala ngathi bayamsola uPapa uGregory Omkhulu, owayelawula ukusuka ku-590 ukuya ku-604 AD.
Kodwa oko akusichazi ngokucacileyo isicelo sikaMonica, umama ka-Augustine, owathi ngenkulungwane yesine wacela unyana wakhe ukuba akhumbule umphefumlo wakhe kwiiMisa zakhe. Oku akunangqondo ukuba wayecinga ukuba umphefumlo wakhe awuzukuxhamla kwimithandazo, njengoko bekunokwenzeka ukuba wayesesihogweni okanye ebuqaqawulini bezulu.
Nokuba le mfundiso ithi yenziwa nguGregory ayicacisi igraffiti ekwii-catacombs, apho amaKristu ngexesha lokutshutshiswa kweenkulungwane ezintathu zokuqala ethandazelwa abafileyo. Ewe, eminye yemibhalo yamaKristu okuqala ngaphandle kweTestamente eNtsha, enje ngeZenzo zikaPaul noTecla kunye neMartyrdom of Perpetua and Felicity (zombini ezibhaliweyo phakathi kwenkulungwane yesibini), zibhekisa kuqheliselo lobuKristu lokuthandazela abafileyo. Imithandazo enjalo yayiya kwenziwa kuphela ukuba amaKristu ayakholelwa kwintlambululo-miphefumlo, nokuba ayengazange alisebenzise eli gama. (Jonga iimpendulo zamaKatolika 'Iingcambu zePurattery yengcebiso yezicatshulwa kwezi kunye neminye imithombo yamaKristu okuqala.)
"Uhlambululo kwizibhalo"
Abanye abantu abakholelwa kwimithetho esisiseko baphikisa ngelithi "igama elithi indawo yentlambululo-miphefumlo alikho ndawo eziBhalweni" Kuyinyani oku, kodwa akubuphikisi ubukho bendawo yentlambululo-miphefumlo okanye into yokuba inkolelo yayo ibisoloko iyinxalenye yemfundiso yeCawa. Amagama athi uBathathu Emnye kunye noMzimba awukho esiBhalweni, kodwa ezo mfundiso zifundiswe ngokucacileyo kuyo. Kwangokunjalo, iSibhalo sifundisa ukuba indawo yentlambululo-miphefumlo ikhona, nokuba ayilisebenzisi elo gama nokuba u-1 Petros 3:19 ubhekisa kwindawo engeyiyo yentlambululo-miphefumlo.
U-Kristu ubhekisa kumoni "ongasayi kuxolelwa, nakweli phakade nakwelo lizayo" (Mat. 12: 32), ecebisa ukuba umntu angahlangulwa emva kokufa kwiziphumo zezono zakhe. Ngokunjalo, uPawulos usixelela ukuba, xa sigwetywa, umsebenzi womntu ngamnye uya kuzanywa. Kuthekani ukuba umsebenzi welungisa usilela eluvavanyweni? "Uya kulahleka, nangona yena ngokwakhe eza kusindiswa, kodwa ngomlilo kuphela" (1 Cor 3:15). Ngoku le lahleko, esi sohlwayo, ayinakubhekisa kuhambo oluya esihogweni, njengoko kungekho mntu usindiswayo apho; kwaye izulu alinakuqondwa, njengoko kungekho zintlungu ("umlilo"). Imfundiso yamaKatolika yentlambululo-miphefumlo iyodwa iyasicacisa esi sicatshulwa.
Kambe ke, iBhayibhile iyayivuma imithandazo yabantu abafileyo: “Ngokwenza oku yena wenza ngeyona ndlela igqwesileyo, enembeko; ngokuba wayenethemba lovuko lwabafileyo. kuba ukuba ebengalindelanga ukuba abafileyo baya kuvuka, ibiya kuba lilize kwaye kububudenge ukubathandazela ekufeni. Kodwa ukuba wenze njalo ejonge umvuzo oqaqambileyo olindele abo baye kuphumla ekuhloneleni uThixo, ibingumbono ongcwele nobungcwele. Yiyo ke loo nto wenza ukucamagushela abafileyo ukuze bahlangulwe kwesi sono ”(2 Macc. 12: 43–45). Imithandazo ayimfuneko kwabo basezulwini kwaye akukho mntu unokunceda abo basesihogweni. Le ndinyana ibubonisa ngokucacileyo ubukho bendawo yentlambululo-miphefumlo kangangokuba, ngexesha loHlaziyo, amaProtestanti kwafuneka asike iincwadi zeeMaccabees kwiiBhayibhile zawo ukuze angayamkeli le mfundiso.
Imithandazo yabafi kunye nemfundiso elandelayo yecawa yokuhlanjululwa ibisoloko iyinxalenye yonqulo oluyinyani kususela ngaphambi kwexesha likaKristu. Asinakuphela ubungqina bokuba yayisenziwa ngamaYuda ngelaxesha leeMaccabees, kodwa yaze yagcinwa nanamhlanje ngama-Orthodox ase-Orthodox, abathi baphinda umthandazo owaziwa ngokuba yi-Mourner's Kaddish kwiinyanga ezilishumi elinanye emva kokusweleka komntu othandekayo. inokuhlanjululwa. YayingeyoCawa yamaKatolika eyongeza imfundiso yokuhlanjululwa. Endaweni yoko, iicawa zamaProtestanti ziyayigatya imfundiso ebisoloko ikholelwa ngamaYuda nangamaKristu.
Kutheni le nto kufuneka niye kwiprigatori?
Kutheni umntu esiya kwindawo yentlambululo-miphefumlo? Ukucocwa, kuba "akukho nto ingahlambulukanga kufuneka ingene [ezulwini]" (IsiTyhilelo 21:27). Nabani na ongakhange akhululwe ngokupheleleyo esonweni nakwimiphumela yaso, ukuya kuthi ga, "ungcolile." Ngokuguquka unokufumana ubabalo oluyimfuneko ukuze afanelekele izulu, oko kukuthi, uxolelwe kwaye umphefumlo wakhe uyaphila ngokomoya. Kodwa oku akwanele ukufumana ukungena ezulwini. Kufuneka ihlambuluke ngokupheleleyo.
Abaxhasi bobufundamentali bathi, inqaku elikwiphephancwadi likaJimmy Swaggart, iThe Evangelist lithi, “Isibhalo sityhila ngokucacileyo ukuba zonke iimfuno zobulungisa bukaThixo kumoni ziyaneliseka ngokupheleleyo kuYesu Krestu. Ikwatyhila ukuba uKristu ukhulule ngokupheleleyo okanye wazuza kwakhona oko kulahlekileyo. Abaxhasi bendawo yentlambululo-miphefumlo (kunye nemfuneko yokuthandazela abafileyo) bathi, intlawulelo kaKristu yayingagqitywanga. . . . Yonke into siyenzelwa nguYesu Krestu, akukho nto inokongezwa okanye yenziwe ngumntu ”.
Kuchanekile ukutsho ukuba uKristu walufezekisa lonke usindiso lwethu emnqamlezweni. Kodwa oko akusombululi umbuzo wendlela le ntlawulelo isetyenziswa ngayo kuthi. Isibhalo sityhila ukuba siyasetyenziswa kuthi ekuhambeni kwexesha, phakathi kwezinye izinto, inkqubo yokungcwaliswa apho umKristu wenziwa ngcwele khona. Ukungcwaliswa kubandakanya ukubandezeleka (Rom. 5: 3-5), kunye nendawo yentlambululo-miphefumlo linyathelo lokugqibela lokungcwaliswa abanye bethu ekufuneka beye ngaphambi kokungena ezulwini. I-Purgatory sisigaba sokugqibela sesicelo sikaKrestu kuthi ngentlawulelo yokuhlanjululwa awasenzela kona ngokufa kwakhe emnqamlezweni