U-Saint Thomas Moro, oyiNgcwele wosuku lwe-22 kaJuni

(Nge-7 kaFebruwari, ngo-1478 ukuya nge-6 kaJulayi, ngo-1535)

Ibali likaSan Tommaso Moro

Inkolelo yakhe yokuba akukho mlawuli wasemhlabeni onolawulo malunga neCawa kaKristu yalahlekisela uThomas Ngakumbi ngobomi bakhe.

Wanqunyulwa intloko eTower Hill, eLondon ngomhla we-6 kuJulayi ngo-1535, wakwala ngokuqinileyo ukwamkela uqhawulo-mtshato lukaKing Henry VIII, ukuphinda atshate kwakhona kunye nokusekwa kweCawe yaseNgilani.

Uchazwe "njengendoda kuwo onke amaxesha onyaka," uMore wayengumphengululi wezoncwadi, igqwetha elidumileyo, umnumzana, utata wabane kunye nengqonyela yaseNgilane. Indoda eyomeleleyo ngokomoya, ngekhe ixhase uqhawulo-mtshato lokumkani kuCatherine waseAragon ukuba atshate no-Anne Boleyn. Kwaye ngekhe amqonde uHenry njengentloko yecawa yaseNgilani, waqhekeka neRoma kwaye wakhanyela upopu njengentloko.

Omnye wayezibandakanya kwiNqaba yaseLondon elindele ukuxoxwa kwetyala lokungcatsha umbuso: hayi ukufunga isatifikethi sobundlalifa kunye nesifungo sobukhulu. Emva kokugwetywa, uMore wabhengeza ukuba wayenalo lonke icebo leNgqobhoko hayi nje ubukumkani bokumxhasa kwisigqibo sesazela sakhe.

Ukucingisisa

Kwiminyaka engamakhulu amane emva koko, ngo-1935, uThomas More wagwetywa njengongcwele kaThixo, zimbalwa iingcwele ezichaphazela ixesha lethu. Ngapha koko, ngo-2000, uPopu John Paul II wammisela njengomxhasi weenkokheli zopolitiko. Unozakuzaku kunye nomcebisi ophakamileyo, akazange alalanise kwimilinganiselo yakhe yokuziphatha ukuze akholise ukumkani, esazi ukuba ukunyaniseka okwenene kwigunya akuthethi ukwamkela konke okufunwa ligunya. UKumkani uHenry ngokwakhe wayiqonda le nto kwaye wazama ngamandla ukuphumelela i-chancellor yakhe kuba wayesazi ukuba uMore yindoda eyamkelweyo, indoda engathembeki mntu. Kodwa xa uThomas More wayeka ukuba yingqonyela, engakwazi ukuvuma le micimbi mibini ibaluleke kakhulu kuHenry, ukumkani kwafuneka amsuse.