ISan Domenico, uSanta wosuku lomhla ziyi-8 kuNcwaba
(8 Agasti 1170 - 6 Agasti 1221)
Umlando weSan Domenico
Ukube akazange athathe uhambo nombhishobhi wakhe, uDominic mhlawumbe wayeyohlala ngaphakathi kohlaka lokuphila okucabangayo; ngemuva kohambo, wachitha impilo yakhe yonke njengomuntu owayecabanga ngomsebenzi osebenzayo wobuphostoli.
UDominic, owazalelwa eCastile lasendulo, eSpain, waqeqeshelwa ubupristi ngumalume ongumfundisi, wafunda ezobuciko nezenkolo, futhi waba nguhlu lwezincwadi zesonto lombhishobhi lase-Osma, lapho kwakukhona khona umzamo wokuvuselela impilo yobuphostoli echazwe encwadini yeZenzo zabaPhostoli.
Phakathi nohambo olunqamula eFrance nombhishobhi wakhe, uDominic wahlangana ngqo nomhlubuki owayenonya wase-Albigensian ngaleso sikhathi eLanguedoc. Ama-Albigensians - noma amaCathari, "the pure" - abambelele ezimisweni ezimbili - eyodwa enhle neyodwa embi - emhlabeni. Zonke izinto zimbi, ngakho-ke baphika ukuba sesimweni somuntu kanye namasakramente. Ngokwesimiso esifanayo, bagwema ukuzala futhi bathatha ubuncane bokudla neziphuzo. Umbuthano wangaphakathi wahola lokho abanye abantu ababekuthatha njengempilo yobuqhawe yokuhlanzeka nokuzincisha okwakwabelwana nabalandeli abajwayelekile.
UDominic wasibona isidingo sokuthi iSonto lilwe nalobu buhlubuki futhi wabekwa icala lokuba yingxenye yempi eyayisilwa nalo. Ngokushesha waqonda ukuthi kungani impi yenkolo yokushumayela ingaphumelelanga: abantu abavamile bababaza futhi balandela amaqhawe angama-albigensians angama-ascetic. Kuyaqondakala ukuthi, abahlatshwanga umxhwele abashumayeli bamaKatolika ababehamba begibele amahhashi futhi balandela, bahlala ezindlini zokulala ezihamba phambili futhi babenezisebenzi. UDominic ngakho-ke, enamaCistercians amathathu, waqala umsebenzi wokujikeleza ngokuya ngomqondo wobuvangeli. Uqhubeke lo msebenzi iminyaka eyishumi, ephumelele nabantu abajwayelekile kepha hhayi ngabaholi.
Abashumayeli ayekanye nabo baba umphakathi futhi ngo-1215 uDominic wasungula indlu yenkolo eToulouse, ukuqala kwe-Order of Preachers noma i-Dominican.
Umbono kaDominic, kanye ne-Order yakhe, kwakuwukuxhumanisa impilo noNkulunkulu, ukutadisha nokukhuleka ngazo zonke izindlela, nenkonzo yensindiso yabantu ngezwi likaNkulunkulu. : "Ukudlulisa izithelo zokuzindla" noma "ukukhuluma kuphela ngoNkulunkulu noma noNkulunkulu".
Ukuzindla
Umbono waseDominican, ofana nowayo yonke imiphakathi yezenkolo, ngowokulingisa, hhayi nje ukuncoma, lonke iSonto. Inhlanganisela ephumelelayo yokuzindla nomsebenzi ukubizwa komshayeli weloli uSmith kanye nesazi semfundiso yenkolo u-Aquinas. Ukucabanga okutholakele ukuhlala ngokuthula phambi kukaNkulunkulu futhi kuyingxenye ebalulekile yakho konke ukuphila komuntu okugcwele. Kufanele kube ngumthombo wayo yonke imisebenzi yobuKristu.