UPapa wokuqala: inhloko yesonto lobuKristu
Ake sithathe isinyathelo sibuyele emuva esikhathini, ekuqaleni kokuzalwa komphakathi wamaKristu. Ake sithole ukuthi ngubani uPapa wokuqala weSonto LamaKatolika.
Uma sikhuluma ngoPapa wokuqala emlandweni, akumele sidideke noPapa wokuqala owaziwa yi Isonto lamaKatolika owayenguSanta Peter, umphostoli kaJesu wase eba Maestro inhloko yabaphostoli abalitshumi lambili. Ngenkathi namuhla kukhethwa upapa omusha kwenzeka kulokho okuthiwa khonkotha, eminyakeni yokuqala yobuKrestu yenzeka, ngokuncoma kukapapa owandulelayo, ngomhlangano wamaKrestu eRoma.
UPapa wokuqala womphakathi wamaKristu, owasungulwa ngesakhiwo sephiramidi futhi wakhethwa ngawakhe umphakathi kwakunguPapa Linus I ngo-67'DC uFabio Quintilio, enegama lobupapa lika Ilineni I, ekuqaleni ibivela endaweni ebandakanya i-Etruria kusuka eTuscany kuze kufike eLazio. Ngenxa yezizathu zokufunda wathuthela eRoma, lapho aguqukela khona UbuKristu isikhathi esithile ngemuva. futhi lapho engekho uSt.Peter kwakuvame ukwenzeka ukuthi angene esikhundleni sakhe njengenhloko yomphakathi wamaKrestu.
Ukuhlonishwa nokufa kukaPapa wokuqala
UQuintilio uthathe isikhundla sikaPeter futhi isikhundla sakhe sobupapa sathatha iminyaka eyi-12, lapho athula khona abanye imithetho ezisasetshenziswa nanamuhla. Isibonelo, leyo yokuvumela abesifazane ukuthi bangene esontweni ne- ikhanda limboziwe. Wengeze i-pallium engutsheni yomshumayeli esontweni, uphawu lwe igunya upapa omele izimvu ezithwalwa ngumalusi emahlombe akhe. Lolu phawu lusasetshenziswa nanamuhla.
Kuyaziwa umehluko wayo ne scuola kaSimon Magus obhekwa izinkolo zobuKrestu njengesihlubuki sokuqala nehlelo lakhe lamaGnostic. Ngesikhathi sakhe sobupapa i impi giudiaca, Unqotshwe ngamaRoma ngokumelene namaJuda ahlubukayo nangemva kwalokho ukubhujiswa yethempeli laseJerusalema. Ukubhujiswa okwakuthathwa njengesiphrofetho sikaJesu njengokuphela komhlaba. UPapa Linus I washona ngo-79 AD Kodwa kuningi ngokufa kwakhe ukungaqiniseki. Abanye bakholelwa ukuthi bekuyiyo wabulawa ngokunqunywa ikhanda ngomyalo wommeli woMbuso WaseRoma.