INgcwele uBenedict, iNgcwele yosuku lwe-11 kaJulayi
(c. 480 - c. 547)
Ibali leSan Benedetto
Kulusizi ukuba akukho bhayografi yeli xesha ibhaliweyo ngendoda esebenze eyona mpembelelo inkulu kwimonasticism eNtshona. UBenedict waziwa kakhulu kwincoko yabaseSt. Gregory, kodwa le yimizobo ebonisa imimangaliso yobomi bakhe.
U-Benedict wazalelwa kusapho olwahlukileyo kumbindi we-Itali, wafunda e-Roma kwaye watsaleleka kwimonasticism kwasekuqaleni kobomi bakhe. Ekuqaleni waba yindlalifa, eshiya ilizwe elidandathekileyo: imikhosi yobuhedeni ekumatsheni, iCawa yahlulwa yintlungu, abantu abaphethwe yimfazwe, isimilo esisezantsi.
Ngokukhawuleza waqonda ukuba akanakuphila ubomi obufihliweyo kwidolophu encinci kunakwisixeko esikhulu, ke ngoko warhoxa waya emqolombeni phezu kweentaba iminyaka emithathu. Ezinye iimonki zakhetha uBenedict njengenkokeli yazo okwexeshana, kodwa zafumanisa ukuba ngqongqo kwazo ukuba azithandi. Nangona kunjalo, utshintsho ukusuka kubomi obuseluntwini kuye kwaqala kuye. Wayenombono wokuhlanganisa iintsapho ezahlukeneyo kwiimonki enye kwi "Great Monastery" ukubanika inzuzo yobunye, ubuzalwana kunye nonqulo olusisigxina kwindlu enye. Ekugqibeleni waqalisa ukwakha into eyayiza kuba yenye yezonaemonki zidumileyo ehlabathini: iMonte Cassino, eyayilawula iintlambo ezintathu ezimxinwa ezazingena ezintabeni kumantla eNaples.
Umgaqo ophuculweyo ngokuthe ngcembe umisele ubomi bomthandazo we-liturgical, isifundo, umsebenzi wezandla kunye nokuhlalisana phakathi koluntu phantsi kwe-abbot efanayo. I-Benedictine asceticism yaziwa ngokuzibamba kwaye isisa sika-Benedictine besisoloko sibonisa inkxalabo ngabantu abakwiilali eziselumelwaneni. Ngexesha lamaXesha Aphakathi, yonke into yobuninzi eNtshona yathotyelwa phantsi kolawulo lukaSt Benedict.
Namhlanje usapho lakwa-Benedictine lumelwe ngamasebe amabini: iBenedictine Federation equka amadoda nabafazi be-Order yase-St Benedict, kunye ne-Cistercians, amadoda nabafazi be-Cistercian Order of Strict Observance.
Ukucingisisa
Icawa iye yasikelelwa ngokuzinikela kukaBenedictine kwimfundiso, kungekuphela nje kwimibhiyozo yayo yokwenyani kunye nomsitho otyebileyo nowaneleyo kwizindlu ezinkulu, kodwa nakwizifundo zamalungu ayo amaninzi. I-liturgy ngamanye amaxesha ididekile nee-guitars okanye iikwayara, isiLatin okanye iBach. Kufuneka sibenombulelo kwabo bagcina kwaye balungelelanise isiko lokwenene lokunqula eCaweni.