Ingcwele kaCyril wase-Alexandria, oyiNgcwele wosuku lwe-27 kaJuni

(378 - Juni 27, 444)

Ibali likaSan Cirillo di Alessandria

Iingcwele azizalwa zinee halos ezijikeleze iintloko zazo. UCyril, owaziwa njengomfundisi-ntsapho obalaseleyo weCawe, waqala umsebenzi wakhe njengo-bhishophu omkhulu wase-Aleksandriya, e-Egypt, esenza izinto ngokungxama, kwaye esenza isenzo sobundlobongela. Waphanga kwaye wavala iicawa zabaqhekeki bakaNovatia - ezazifuna ukuba abo baphikayo ukholo babhaptizwe kwakhona - bathatha inxaxheba kwidiphozithi yaseSt.

Ukubaluleka kukaCyril kwezakwalizwi kunye nembali yeCawa kuxhomekeke ekuxhaseni kwakhe izizathu zokuthintela uqhekeko lukaNestorius, owafundisa ukuba kuKrestu babini abantu, umntu omnye kwaye omnye enguThixo.

Impikiswano yayijolise kwindalo emibini kuKristu. UNestorius akasamkeli isihloko "sokuphatha uThixo" sikaMariya. Wakhetha "umthwali kaKristu", esithi kuKrestu kukho abantu ababini abahlukeneyo, abangcwele nabangabantu, abamanyene kuphela ngomanyano olungileyo. Wayesithi uMariya wayengenguye umama kaThixo, kodwa wayeyindoda kaKrestu, owayenobuntu obuyitempile kaThixo kuphela.I-Nestorianism yathetha ukuba ubuntu bukaKristu yinto nje efihlakeleyo.

Ebekwa njengommeli kapopu kwiBhunga lase-Efese ngo-431, uCyril wayigxeka iNestorianism kwaye wabhengeza uMariya ngokwenyani ukuba "ungumphathi kaThixo", umama woMntu omnye onguThixo wokwenene nobuntu. Ekudidekeni okwalandelayo, uCyril wasuswa esihlalweni wavalelwa iinyanga ezintathu, emva koko waphinda wamkelwa eAlexandria.

Ukongeza ekuthomalaliseni inkcaso yakhe kwabo babekade bexhasa uNestorius, uCyril wayenobunzima nabanye babahlobo bakhe, ababecinga ukuba sele behambile, bebingelela kungekuphela ngolwimi kodwa nakwizithethe. Kude kube sekufeni kwakhe, umgaqo-nkqubo wakhe wokuthintela ugcina abahlali bakhe abagqithisileyo bejongile. Sele eza kufa, nangona wayecinezelwa, akazange amgwebe utitshala kaNestorius.

Ukucingisisa
Ubomi babangcwele buxabisekile kungekuphela ngenxa yesidima abasibonisayo, kodwa nakwiimpawu ezingathandekiyo ezibonakala kubo. Ubungcwele sisipho esivela kuThixo kuthi njengabantu. Ubomi yinkqubo, siphendula kwisipho sikaThixo, kodwa ngamanye amaxesha sinee-zigzags ezininzi. Ukuba uCyril ebenomonde kwaye enezopolitiko, icawe yeNestorian ngekhe ime kwaye ibambe amandla ixesha elide. Kodwa abangcwele nabo kufuneka bakhule ukusuka ekungafikelelini, ekunciphiseni nasekuthandeni. Kungenxa yokuba bona-kwaye nathi-siyakhula ukuba singcwele ngokwenene, abantu abaphila ubomi bukaThixo.