Ongcwele kaSeptemba 16: iSan Cornelio, esikwaziyo ngaye

Namuhla, ngoLwesine 16 Septhemba, kuyagujwa ISan Cornelio. Wayengumpristi waseRoma, wakhetha uPapa ukuba aphumelele Fabian okhethweni olubambezeleke izinyanga eziyishumi nane ngenxa yokushushiswa kwamaKrestu ngu UDecius.

Inkinga enkulu yokuphatha kwakhe kwaba ukwelashwa okwakumelwe kunikezwe amaKristu ayeyizihlubuki phakathi noshushiso. Ugxeke abavuma izono abebekade bexegisa ukungaceli inhlawulo kula maKrestu.

ISan Cornelio nayo isola i abathatha inhlawulo, eqhutshwa IsiNovatian, umpristi waseRoma, owathi iSonto alikwazi ukumxolela shibilika (amaKristu awile) futhi wazibiza ngoPapa. Kodwa-ke, isimemezelo sakhe sasingekho emthethweni, samenza waba ngumphikisi.

Laba bobabili abeqisa bagcina behlangene futhi ukunyakaza kukaNovatia kwaba nethonya elithile eMpumalanga. Khonamanjalo, uCornelius umemezele ukuthi iSonto linegunya namandla okuxolela ama-lapsis aphendukile futhi angakwazi ukuwadlulisela emasakrameni naseSontweni ngemuva kokwenza amaphenathi afanele.

Isigungu sababhishobhi baseNtshonalanga eRoma ngo-Okthoba 251 sasekela uCornelius, sazilahla izimfundiso zikaNovatian, samshiya yena nabalandeli bakhe. Ngenkathi ngo-253 ukushushiswa kwamaKristu kwaqala phansi kombusi Gallo, UCornelio wadingiselwa eCentum Cellae (Civita Vecchia), lapho afela khona njengomfel 'ukholo mhlawumbe ngenxa yezinkinga okwaphoqeleka ukuba azibekezelele.