U-Martyr St Justin, oyiNgcwele wosuku lwe-1 kaJuni

Ibali likaSan Giustino umfel 'ukholo

UJustin akazange alugqibe uphando lwakhe ngenyaniso yezenkolo naxa wayeguqukela kubuKrestu emva kweminyaka yokufunda izifundo ezahlukeneyo zefilosofi.

Njengomntu oselula wayetsalwa kakhulu sisikolo sikaPlato. Nangona kunjalo, wafumanisa ukuba inkolo yobuKristu iphendula imibuzo ebalulekileyo ngobomi kunye nobomi obungcono kunefilosofi.

Emva kokuguquka kwakhe waqhubeka enxiba ingubo yefilosofi kwaye waba ngumfilosofi wokuqala ongumKristu. Wadibanisa inkolo yobuKrestu kunye nezinto ezintle zefilosofi yamaGrike. Ngokombono wakhe, ifilosofi yayingumfundi kaKristu, umfundisi owayemele akhokele kuKristu.

UJustin waziwa ngokuba ngumthetheleli, ozithethelela ngokubhala inkolo yobuKrestu ngokuchasene nokuhlaselwa kunye nokungaqondani kwabahedeni. Ababini ekuthiwa baxolisa baye beza kuthi; zithunyelwe kumlawuli waseRoma nakwiNdlu yeeNgwevu.

Ngenxa yokunamathela kwakhe ngokuthembeka kwinkolo yobuKrestu, uJustin wanqunyulwa intloko eRoma ngo-165.

Ukucingisisa

Njengomgcini weengcali zefilosofi, uJustin angasikhuthaza ukuba sisebenzise amandla ethu endalo - ngakumbi amandla ethu okwazi nokuqonda - kwinkonzo kaKristu kunye nokwakha ubomi bobuKristu ngaphakathi kwethu. Kuba sihlala sithambekele ekwenzeni impazamo, ngakumbi ngokubhekisele kwimibuzo enzulu malunga nobomi kunye nobukho, kufuneka sikulungele ukulungisa nokuqinisekisa ukucinga kwethu kwendalo ekukhanyeni kwenyaniso yenkolo. Yiyo loo nto ke siza kuba nakho ukuthetha nabangcwele beCawe: Ndiyakholelwa ukuba ndiyaqonda, kwaye ndiyaqonda ukuba ndiyakholelwa.