ISan Giovanni Pescatore, iNgcwele yemini ngoJuni 23
(1469 - Juni 22, 1535)
Ibali leSan Giovanni pescatore
UGiovanni Pescatore uhlala enxulunyaniswa no-Erasmus, uThomas More kunye nabanye oonobuntu kwiRenaissance. Ubomi bakhe ke abuzange bube nokulula kwangaphandle okufumaneka kubomi babanye abangcwele. Endaweni yoko, wayeyindoda yokufunda, enxulumana neengqondi kunye neenkokheli zopolitiko zomhla wakhe. Wayenomdla kwinkcubeko yanamhlanje kwaye ekugqibeleni waba yingqonyela eCambridge. Waye wonyulwa njengobhishophu eneminyaka engama-35 kwaye enye yeenjongo zakhe yayikukuphakamisa umgangatho wokushumayela eNgilane. UFisher ngokwakhe wayengumshumayeli onobuchule kunye nombhali. Iintshumayelo zakhe kwiindumiso zenguquko zaphinda zashicilelwa izihlandlo ezisixhenxe ngaphambi kokuba asweleke. Ngokufika kobuLuthere, watsaleleka kwimpikiswano. Iincwadi zakhe ezisibhozo ezichasene noqhekeko zimnike isikhundla esiphambili phakathi kwabafundi bezakwalizwi baseYurophu.
Ngo-1521, u-pescarore wacelwa ukuba afunde umbuzo womtshato ka-King Henry VIII no-Catherine wase-Aragon, umhlolokazi womntakwabo. Wanyamezela umsindo kaHenry ngokukhusela ubunyani bomtshato kakumkani noCatherine, kwaye kamva walikhaba ibango likaHenry lokuba yintloko yecawa yaseNgilani.
Kwilinge lokumsusa, uHenry waqala watyholwa uFisher ngokusilela ukunika ingxelo kuzo zonke "izambulo" zonkosikazi waseKentish u-Elizabeth Barton. Kwimpilo enkenenkene, uFisher wabizwa ukuba athabathe isifungo soMthetho omtsha weeMidlalo. Yena noThomas More benqaba ukwenjenjalo kuba uMthetho wawuthatha ukuba uHenry uqhawule umtshato ngokusemthethweni nokuba wayeyintloko yeCawa yamaNgesi. Bathunyelwa kwiNqaba yaseLondon, apho uFisher ahlala iinyanga ezili-14 ngaphandle kwetyala. Ekugqibeleni bobabini la madoda agwetywa ubomi entolongweni kunye nelahleko yempahla.
Xa babizwa ukuba baphinde bancinwe, bahlala bethe cwaka. Ukucinga ukuba wayethetha ngasese njengomfundisi, uFisher wakhohliswa ukuba abhengeze kwakhona ukuba inkosi yayingeyona intloko ephezulu yecawa eNgilane. Ukumkani, ecaphuka ngakumbi kukuba upopu wenze u-John Fisher ukhadinali, wammangalela ngezityholo zokungcatsha umbuso. Wagwetywa wabulawa, umzimba wakhe wasala uphumle imini yonke emthini kwaye intloko yayijinga eLondon Bridge. Abanye babulawa kwiiveki ezimbini kamva. Umthendeleko we-liturgical ngu-Juni 22.
Ukucingisisa
Namhlanje imibuzo emininzi iphakanyisiwe malunga nokuzibandakanya okusebenzayo kwamaKristu nababingeleli kwimicimbi yezentlalo. UJohn Fisher wahlala enyanisekile kubizo lwakhe njengombingeleli nobhishophu. Wayezixhasa ngamandla iimfundiso zeCawa; oyena nobangela wokubulawa kwakhe kukunyaniseka kwakhe eRoma. Wayebandakanyeka kwimijikelezo yokuphucula inkcubeko kunye nokuzabalaza kwezopolitiko zexesha lakhe. Oku kubandakanyeka kuye kwamkhokelela ekubeni amathandabuze ngokuziphatha kwenkokeli yelizwe lakhe.
"Icawe inelungelo, lokwenyani, ukubhengeza ubulungisa kwezentlalo, kuzwelonke nakumazwe aphesheya kunye nokugxeka amatyala okungekho sikweni, xa amalungelo asisiseko omntu nosindiso lwakhe efuna oko" (Justice in the World, 1971 Isinodi yooBhishophu).