Ngaba sonke sineNgelosi yokuGcina okanye singamaKatolika nje?

umbuzo:

Ndivile ukuba xa ubhaptizelwa sifumana iingelosi esizijongileyo. Ngaba kuyinyani, kwaye oko kuthetha ukuba abantwana babengengomaKristu abanazo iingelosi ezigada?

Phendula:

Umbono wokubhaptizwa kweengelosi zethu ziingcamango, hayi imfundiso yeCawa. Uluvo oluqhelekileyo phakathi kwabafundisi bamaKatolika kukuba bonke abantu, nokuba bayabhaptizwa, baneengelosi ezingabagcini ubuncinci ukusukela ngexesha lokuzalwa kwabo (bona uLudwig Ott, iiFundamentals of Catholic Dogma [Rockford: TAN, 1974], 120); bambi bacebisa ukuba ngaphambi kokuba abantwana bazalwe banyanyekelwa ziingelosi ezingoomama babo.

Uluvo lokuba wonke umntu unengelosi yomgcini lubonakala lusekelwe kakuhle kwiZibhalo. KuMateyu 18:10 uYesu uthi: “Lumkani, ningadeli namnye waba bancinane; kuba ndithi kuni iingelosi zabo ezulwini zihlala zibubona ubuso bukaBawo osemazulwini ”. Wayitsho phambi kokubethelelwa emnqamlezweni kwaye wathetha ngabantwana abangamaJuda. Kuya kubonakala ke ukuba ayingomKristu, hayi kuphela abantwana abangamaKristu (ababhaptiziweyo) abaneengelosi ezibagadayo.

Qaphela ukuba uYesu uthi iingelosi zabo zihlala zibubona ubuso bukaYise. Esi ayisositetimenti nje abaqhubeka bephambi kobukho bukaThixo, kodwa isiqinisekiso sokuba banokufikelela ngokuqhubekayo kuBawo. Ukuba enye yewadi zabo isengxakini, banokwenza njengegqwetha lomntwana phambi koThixo.

Uluvo lokuba bonke abantu baneengelosi ezikhuselayo luyafumaneka kuBawo beCawe, ngakumbi eBasil naseJerome, ikwayimbono kaThomas Aquinas (uSumma Theologiae I: 113: 4).