Ignatius yase-Antiyokwe, uSanta womhla ka-Okthobha i-17

Ingcwele yomhla we-17 ka-Okthobha
(Dc 107)

Imbali ka-St. Ignatius wakwa-Antiyokwe

Uzalelwe eSyria, uIgnatius waguqukela ebuKristwini kwaye ekugqibeleni waba ngubhishophu wakwa-Antiyokwe. Ngo-107, umlawuli uTrajan watyelela kwa-Antiyokwe kwaye wanyanzela amaKristu ukuba akhethe phakathi kokufa nokuwexuka. UIgnatius akazange amkhanyele uKrestu, ngaloo ndlela wagwetyelwa ukubulawa eRoma.

UIgnatius waziwa kakhulu ngoonobumba abasixhenxe awabhala kuhambo olude olusuka kwa-Antiyokwe lusiya eRoma. Ezintlanu kwezi leta zisiya kwiicawa zaseAsia Minor; Babongoza amaKristu apho ukuba ahlale ethembekile kuThixo kwaye athobele abo bawaphetheyo. Ibalumkisa ngokuchasene neemfundiso zobuqhetseba, ibanike iinyaniso eziqinisekileyo zokholo lobuKristu.

Ileta yesithandathu yayisiya kuPolycarp, ubhishophu waseSmirna, owathi kamva wafela ukholo. Ileta yokugqibela ibongoza amaKristu aseRoma ukuba angazami ukuyeka ukubulawa kwakhe. "Inye kuphela into endiyicelayo kuwe kukundivumela ukuba ndinikele umnikelo wegazi lam kuThixo. Ndiyingqolowa yeNkosi; ndingasuswa emazinyweni ezilo ndize ndibe sisonka sikaKrestu esingagungqiyo “.

UIgnatius ngenkalipho wadibana neengonyama kwi-Circus Maximus.

Ukucingisisa

Inkxalabo enkulu kaIgnatius yayiyeyeyomanyano nocwangco lweCawa. Okubi nangakumbi yayikukulungela kwakhe ukubulawelwa ukholo kunokuba ayikhanyele iNkosi yakhe uYesu Kristu. Khange akhangele kwimbandezelo yakhe, kodwa kuthando lukaThixo olwamomeleza. Wayelazi ixabiso lokuzibophelela kwaye wayengenakumkhanyela uKrestu, nokuba angasindisi obakhe ubomi.