Umthandazo kaAugustine kuMoya oyiNgcwele

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Umnumzana Augustine (354-430) wenze lo mthandazo kwi UMoya oyiNgcwele:

Phefumla kum, Moya oyiNgcwele,
Ngamana zonke iingcamango zam zibe ngcwele.
Yenza kum, oh Moya oyiNgcwele,
Wanga umsebenzi wam ube ngcwele.
Tsala intliziyo yam, oh Moya oyiNgcwele,
Ngoko ke ndikuthanda oko kungcwele.
Ndomeleze, Moya oyiNgcwele,
Ukukhusela konke okungcwele.
Ndigcine ke, Moya oyiNgcwele,
Ukuze ndihlale ndingcwele.

Augustine kunye noBathathu Emnye

Imfihlelo kaBathathu Emnye ibisoloko ingumxholo obalulekileyo wengxoxo phakathi kwabafundi bezakwalizwi. Igalelo likaSt Augustine ekuqondeni iCawa ngoBathathu Emnye ligqalwa njengelona libalaseleyo. Kwincwadi yakhe ethi ‘On the Trinity’ uAugustine wachaza uBathathu Emnye kumxholo wolwalamano, edibanisa uBathathu Emnye ‘njengomnye’ nokwahlulwa kwabantu abathathu: uYise, uNyana noMoya oyiNgcwele. UAugustine wachaza bonke ubomi bobuKristu njengobudlelwane nomntu ngamnye ongcwele.

Augustine neNyaniso

USt. Augustine wabhala ngephulo lakhe lenyaniso kwincwadi yakhe ethi Confessions. Wachitha ubutsha bakhe ezama ukuqonda uThixo ukuze akholwe. Xa ekugqibeleni uAugustine wakholelwa kuThixo, waqonda ukuba kuphela kuxa ukholelwa kuThixo onokuthi umqonde. Augustine wabhala ngoThixo kwincwadi yakhe ethi Confessions ngala mazwi: «eyona ifihlakeleyo neyona ikhoyo ngoku; . . . iqinile kwaye ayinakwenzeka, ayinakuguqulwa kwaye iyatshintsheka; Ayizange ibe ntsha, ayizange ibe mdala; . . . ndihlala ndisemsebenzini, ndiphumle; . . . uyafuna, ukanti unazo zonke izinto. . . ".

Augustine Doctor weCawa

Imibhalo neemfundiso zeSt. Augustine zigqalwa njengezona zinempembelelo kwimbali yeCawa. Augustine uye wamiselwa njengoGqirha weCawa, nto leyo ethetha ukuba iCawa ikholelwa ukuba ukuqonda nemibhalo yakhe inegalelo elibalulekileyo kwiimfundiso zeCawa, ezinjengesono sokuqala, inkululeko yokuzikhethela noBathathu Emnye. Imibhalo yakhe yadibanisa iinkolelo neemfundiso zeCawa ezininzi phezu koqhekeko oluninzi. Ngaphezu kwako konke, uAugustine wayengumkhuseli wenyaniso nomalusi wabantu bakhe.