Uyazi ukuthi ngubani oNgcwele, okokuqala, owasebenzisa igama elithi 'amaKrestu'?

Okuphikisayo "AmaKrestu"Kusuka ku- Antiyokiya, ngo Turkey, njengoba kubikiwe kuzEnzo zabaPhostoli.

“UBarnaba wabe eseya eTarsu eyobheka uSawulu futhi wamthola wamholela e-Antiyokiya. 26 Bahlala ndawonye unyaka wonke kuleyo ndawo, bafundisa abantu abaningi; e-Antiyokiya okokuqala abafundi babizwa ngamaKrestu ”. (IzEnzo 11: 25-26)

Kepha ngubani oza naleli gama?

Kukholakala ukuthi I-Sant'Evodio unesibopho sokuqamba abalandeli bakaJesu "ngamaKrestu" (ngesiGreki Χριστιανός, noma uChristosos, okusho ukuthi "umlandeli kaKristu").

Kuncane okwaziwayo ngo-Saint Evodio, kodwa enye inkolelo ithi wayengomunye wabafundi abangama-70 ababekwa nguJesu Kristu (bheka uLk 10,1: XNUMX). USant'Evodio wayengumbhishobhi wesibili wase-Antiyokiya ngemuva UPeter Ongcwele.

USt. Ignatius, owayengumbhishobhi wesithathu wase-Antiyokiya, ubhekisa kuye kwenye yezincwadi zakhe, ethi: "Khumbula ubaba wakho obusisiwe u-Evodius, owamiswa njengomfundisi wakho wokuqala ngabaPhostoli".

Iningi lezazi zebhayibheli libona igama elithi "umKristu" njengendlela yokuqala yokuhlukanisa umphakathi wabo okhulayo kumaJuda asedolobheni ngoba ngaleso sikhathi i-Antiyokiya yayiyikhaya lamaKristu amaningi angamaJuda abaleka eJerusalema ngemuva USanto Stefano wakhandwa ngamatshe waze wafa. Ngenkathi belapho, baqala ukushumayeza abeZizwe. Ukuthunywa okusha kuphumelele kakhulu futhi kwaholela emphakathini oqinile wamakholwa.

Isiko lithi u-Evodius wakhonza umphakathi wamaKristu e-Antiyokiya iminyaka engama-27 kanti iSonto Lobu-Orthodox lifundisa ukuthi wafa njengomfel 'ukholo ngonyaka wama-66 ngaphansi kombusi waseRoma uNero. Umkhosi weSant'Evodio ungomhlaka 6 Meyi.