ISan Gregorio Magno, iNgcwele yosuku lukaSeptemba 3

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Ibali likaSan Gregorio Magno
UGregory wayengumphathi waseRoma ngaphambi kweminyaka engama-30. Emva kweminyaka emihlanu e-ofisini warhoxa emsebenzini, waseka izindlu zoonongendi ezintandathu kwilifa lakhe laseSicilia kwaye waba yimonki yaseBenedictine ekhayeni lakhe eRoma.

Emiselwe njengomfundisi, uGregory waba ngomnye wabadikoni abasixhenxe kwaye wakhonza iminyaka emithandathu eMpuma njengommeli kapopu eConstantinople. Wayekhunjulwa ukuba abe ngu-abbot, kodwa eneminyaka engama-50 wanyulwa njengopapa ngabefundisi namaRoma.

UGregory wayengqale kwaye engagungqi. Wasusa ababingeleli abangafanelekanga eofisini, engavumi ukuthatha imali kwiinkonzo ezininzi, wakhupha ubutyebi bukapapa ukukhulula amabanjwa eLombards kunye nokukhathalela amaYuda atshutshiswayo kunye namaxhoba endyikitya yendlala. Wayexhalabe kakhulu ngenguquko yaseNgilani, ethumela iimonki ezingama-40 kwikhaya lakhe leemonki. Uyaziwa ngokuguqula kwakhe i-liturgy kunye nokomeleza imbeko kwimfundiso. Nokuba ubukhulu becala wayenoxanduva lokuhlaziya ingoma ka "Gregorian" yingxabano.

UGregory wayephila kwixesha lokuxabana rhoqo nokuhlasela kweLombards kunye nobudlelwane obunzima kunye neMpuma. Xa iRoma yayihlaselwa, wenza udliwanondlebe nenkosi yaseLombard.

Incwadi yakhe, uPastor Care, ngemisebenzi kunye neempawu zikabhishophu, ifundwe iinkulungwane emva kokubhubha kwakhe. Wachaza oobhishophu ngokuyintloko njengoogqirha umsebenzi wabo ophambili kukushumayela kunye noqeqesho. Ngokushumayela kwakhe emhlabeni, uGregory wayenobuchule ekusebenziseni ivangeli yemihla ngemihla kwiimfuno zabaphulaphuli bakhe. Ebizwa ngokuba ngu "Mkhulu," uGregory wayenendawo no-Augustine, Ambrose noJerome njengomnye woogqirha abane abaphambili beCawa yaseNtshona.

Umbhali-mbali waseTshetshi wabhala: “Asinakukuqonda ukuba kwakunganjani ukudideka, ukuchas 'umthetho, imeko yesidubedube yamaXesha Aphakathi ngaphandle kopopu bamaxesha aphakathi; nakwipopu yamaxesha aphakathi, oyena tata nguGregory Omkhulu “.

Ukucingisisa
UGregory wayenelisekile ukuba yimonki, kodwa xa ebuzwa, wayonwabela iCawe ngezinye iindlela. Wancama ukuthanda kwakhe ngeendlela ezininzi, ngakumbi xa wayebizwa ukuba abe nguBhishophu waseRoma. Nje ukuba abizelwe kwinkonzo yoluntu, uGregory wanikela ngokupheleleyo ngamandla akhe onke kulo msebenzi. Inkcazo kaGregory yoobhishophu njengoogqirha ihambelana kakuhle nenkcazo ka-Pope Francis yeCawe "njengesibhedlele esisentsimini".