Ingcwele yosuku lukaDisemba 4: ibali leSan Giovanni Damasceno

Ingcwele yosuku lwe-4 kuDisemba
(c. 676- 749)

Ibali leSan Giovanni Damasceno

UJohn wachitha ixesha elininzi lobomi bakhe kwikhaya loonongendi laseSan Saba kufutshane neYerusalem, kwaye ubomi bakhe bonke phantsi kolawulo lwamaSilamsi, eneneni ukhuselwe yiyo.

Wazalelwa eDamasko, wafumana imfundo yamandulo kunye nezobufundisi kwaye walandela utata wakhe kwisikhundla sikarhulumente phantsi kweArabhu. Emva kweminyaka embalwa uyarhoxa kwaye waya Monastery of San Saba.

Idume kwiindawo ezintathu:

Okokuqala, uyaziwa ngemibhalo yakhe ngokuchasene nemifanekiso eqingqiweyo eyayichasa ukunqulwa kwemifanekiso. Ngokudabukisayo, yayinguMlawuli waseMpuma wamaKristu uLeo owalelayo lo mkhwa, kwaye kungenxa yokuba uJohn wayehlala kummandla wamaSilamsi ukuze iintshaba zakhe zingakwazi ukumvala umlomo.

Okwesibini, udume ngomxholo wakhe, Ukuboniswa koKholo lweOthodoki, ukuhlanganiswa koBawo baseGrike, owaba ngowokugqibela. Kuyatshiwo ukuba le ncwadi yenzelwe izikolo zaseMpuma ukuba yintoni iAuminas's Summa eyaba yeyaseNtshona.

Okwesithathu, waziwa njengembongi, enye yezona zimbini zibalaseleyo kwiCawa yaseMpuma, enye inguRomano uMelodo. Ukuzinikela kwakhe kuMama osikelelweyo kunye neentshumayelo zakhe kwimisitho yakhe kuyaziwa.

Ukucingisisa

UJohn ukhusele ukuqonda kweCawa ngokuhlonelwa kwemifanekiso kwaye wachaza ukholo lweCawa kwezinye iimpikiswano ezininzi. Ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-30 edibanise ubomi bomthandazo nezi ndlela zokuzikhusela neminye imibhalo yakhe. Ubungcwele bakhe babonakaliswa ngokubeka iitalente zakhe zoncwadi kunye nokushumayela kwinkonzo yeNkosi. Ubungcwele bakhe babonakaliswa ngokubeka iitalente zakhe zoncwadi kunye nokushumayela kwinkonzo yeNkosi.