ISan Cipriano, iNgcwele yosuku lwe-11 Septemba
(Ngomhla ka-258)
Ibali leSan Cipriano
I-cyprian ibalulekile kuphuhliso lwengcinga yobuKristu kunye nokusebenza ngenkulungwane yesithathu, ngakumbi eMntla Afrika.
Efunde kakhulu, edume ngokumangalisayo, waba ngumKristu sele emdala. Wabela abampofu izinto zakhe kwaye wabamangalisa abemi bakowabo ngokwenza isifungo sokuziphatha kakuhle ngaphambi kokuba abhaptizwe. Kwisithuba seminyaka emibini wayemiselwe njengomfundisi kwaye wayekhethwe, ngokuchasene nentando yakhe, uBhishophu waseCarthage.
UCyprian wakhalaza esithi uxolo olwalunanditshwa yiCawe lwaluwohlokile umoya wamaKrestu amaninzi lwaza lwavulela abantu abangenawo umoya wokholo. Ukuqala kwentshutshiso eDecian, amaKristu amaninzi ayishiya ngokulula iCawe. Kukudibana kwabo kwakhona okwabangela impikiswano enkulu yenkulungwane yesithathu kwaye yanceda iBandla ukuba lihambele phambili ekuqondeni iSakramente seNtetho.
U-Novato, umbingeleli owayechasa ukunyulwa kuka-Cyprian, wangena e-ofisini xa engekho u-Cyprian (wayebalekele kwindawo efihlakeleyo ukuze akhokele iCawe, ezisa ukugxeka) kwaye wamkela bonke abawexuki ngaphandle kokunyanzelisa isohlwayo. Ekugqibeleni wafunyanwa enetyala. UCyprian wayenendawo ephakathi, esithi abo bazinikele kwizithixo banokufumana uMthendeleko xa besifa, ngelixa abo bathenga izatifikethi ezibanga ukuba bazincamile banokuvunyelwa emva kwexesha elifutshane okanye elide lokuzisola. Nale ikhululwe ngexesha lentshutshiso entsha.
Ngexesha lesibetho eCarthage, uCyprian wabongoza amaKristu ukuba ancede wonke umntu, kuquka neentshaba kunye nabatshutshisi.
Umhlobo kaPopu Cornelius, waseCyprian wamchasa uPopu olandelayo, uStephen. Yena kunye nabanye oobhishophu baseAfrika ngebengazange babuqonde ubunyani bobhaptizo olunikezelwa ngabaqhekeki kunye nokwahlulahlula. Lo yayingengombono weCawa kwindalo iphela, kodwa uCyprian akazange oyikiswe sisongelo sikaStephen sokugxothwa ecaweni.
Wayegxothwa ngumlawuli emva koko wabuyiselwa kwinkundla. Wala ukusishiya isixeko, esithi abantu bakhe banobungqina bokufela kwakhe ukholo.
UCyprian wayengumxube wobubele kunye nesibindi, amandla kunye nokuqina. Wayonwabile kwaye ezimisele, kangangokuba abantu babengazi nokuba bamthande okanye bamhlonele ngakumbi. Wafudumala ngexesha lempikiswano yobhaptizo; indlela awayeziva ngayo yayimkhathaza, kuba ngeli xesha wabhala incwadi yakhe ngomonde. UAugustine uphawula ukuba uCyprian wayicamagushela ingqumbo yakhe ngokufel 'ukholo okuzukileyo. Umthendeleko we-liturgical ngoSeptemba 16.
Ukucingisisa
Iimpikiswano malunga nokuBhaptizwa kunye nokuNikezelwa kwinkulungwane yesithathu zisikhumbuza ukuba iBandla lokuqala lalingenazo izisombululo ezikulungeleyo kuMoya oyiNgcwele. Iinkokeli zecawe kunye namalungu aloo mhla kwafuneka ukuba baye kabuhlungu kwimigwebo elungileyo abanokuthi bayenze kumzamo wokulandela yonke imfundiso kaKristu kwaye bangaphazanyiswa kukugqithisela ngasekunene okanye ekhohlo.