Ingcwele yosuku lukaJanuwari 2: ibali likaSaint Basil Omkhulu

Ingcwele yomhla kaJanuwari 2
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Ibali likaSaint Basil Omkhulu

UBasil wayeza kuba ngumfundisi-ntsapho odumileyo xa wayegqiba kwelokuba aqale ubomi benkolo yobuhlwempu bevangeli. Emva kokufunda ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo zobomi bonqulo, waseka into eyayinokuba yindawo yokuqala yeemonki eAsia Minor. Kukuzo iimonki zaseMpuma into ayiyo uSt Benedict eNtshona, kwaye imigaqo-siseko kaBasil inefuthe kubuhedeni baseMpuma namhlanje.

Wamiselwa njengombingeleli, wanceda ubhishophu omkhulu waseKesareya-ngoku kumazantsi mpuma eTurkey- kwaye ekugqibeleni waba ngu-archbishop ngokwakhe, ngaphandle kwenkcaso evela kwabanye babhishophu abangaphantsi kwakhe, mhlawumbi ngenxa yokuba babona kwangaphambili iinguqu ezizayo.

I-Arianism, enye yezona zinto zakha zonakalisa kwimbali yeCawa eyayikhanyela ubuthixo bukaKristu, yayisekuqaleni kwayo. UMlawuli uValens watshutshisa amakholwa obuOthodoki kwaye wabeka uxinzelelo olukhulu kuBasil ukuba athule kwaye amkele ubuqhetseba kubudlelane. I-Basil yema ngxi kwaye iValens yaxhaswa. Kodwa iingxaki zahlala. Ekufeni kwe-Saint enkulu u-Athanasius, ingubo yomkhuseli wokholo ngokuchasene neArianism yawa eBasil. Wazama ngamandla ukumanyanisa kunye nokuhlanganisa amanye amaKatolika awayecinezelwe bubuzwilakhe kwaye aqhekeke kukungavisisani kwangaphakathi. Wayeqondwa phosakeleyo, etyholwa kakubi, etyholwa ngokuwexuka kunye nokuzimisela. Kwanokubhenela kupopu akukaphendulwa. "Ngenxa yezono zam kubonakala ngathi andiphumeleli kuyo yonke into."

UBasilio wayengadinwa ekwaluseni. Wayeshumayela kabini ngemini kwizihlwele ezikhulu, wakha isibhedlele esasibizwa ngokuba sisimanga sehlabathi - xa wayesengumfana wayeququzelele uncedo lwendlala kwaye wazisebenza ekhitshini lesuphu- walwa nokuthengisa ngomzimba.

I-Basil yaziwa kakhulu njenge-orator. Nangona wayengaziwa ngokubanzi ngexesha lokuphila kwakhe, imibhalo yakhe imbeka ngokufanelekileyo phakathi kwabafundisi abakhulu beCawa. Iminyaka engamashumi asixhenxe anesibini emva kokubhubha kwakhe, iBhunga laseCalcedon lamchaza "njengoBasil omkhulu, umphathiswa wobabalo otyhile inyaniso emhlabeni wonke".

Ukucingisisa

Njengoko amaFrentshi esitsho: "Okukhona izinto zitshintsha, kokukhona zihlala zinjalo". UBasil wajongana neengxaki ezifanayo nezamaKristu anamhlanje. Ubungcwele babuthetha ukuzama ukugcina umoya kaKristu kwiingxaki ezothusayo nezibuhlungu ezinje ngohlengahlengiso, umbutho, umzabalazo wamahlwempu, ukugcina ulungelelwano noxolo ekungaqondani.

I-St. Basil the Great ngcwele ongumxhasi we:

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