USan Gregorio Magno, oNgcwele wosuku lukaSepthemba 3
(cishe ngo-540 - Mashi 12, 604)
Indaba kaSan Gregorio Magno
UGregory wayengumphathi weRoma ngaphambi kweminyaka engama-30. Ngemuva kweminyaka emihlanu esesikhundleni wasula emsebenzini, wasungula izindlu zezindela eziyisithupha endaweni yakhe yaseSicilian futhi waba yindela yamaBenedictine emzini wakhe eRoma.
Emiswe njengompristi, uGregory waba ngomunye wamadikoni ayisikhombisa kapapa futhi wakhonza iminyaka eyisithupha eMpumalanga njengommeleli kapapa eConstantinople. Wakhunjulwa ukuba abe yibhotela, kodwa lapho eneminyaka engama-50 wakhethwa njengopapa ngabefundisi namaRoma.
UGregory wayeqondile futhi eqinile. Ususe abapristi abangafanelekile ezikhundleni, wenqabela ukuthatha imali yezinkonzo eziningi, wathulula umgcinimafa kapapa ukuhlenga iziboshwa zamaLombard nokunakekela amaJuda ashushiswayo kanye nezisulu zesifo nendlala. Wayekhathazeke kakhulu ngokuguqulwa kweNgilandi, ethumela izindela ezingama-40 ezivela esigodlweni sakhe sezindela. Uyaziwa ngokuguqula kwakhe izinkonzo nokuqinisa inhlonipho ngemfundiso. Ukuthi ngabe ubebhekene kakhulu nokubuyekezwa kwengoma ethi "Gregorian" kuyimpikiswano.
UGregory wayephila esikhathini sokuxabana njalo nokuhlasela kwamaLombard kanye nobudlelwano obunzima neMpumalanga. Ngesikhathi iRoma uqobo ihlaselwa, yaxoxisana nenkosi yaseLombard.
Incwadi yakhe, i-Pastoral Care, ngemisebenzi nezimfanelo zikabhishobhi, ifundwe amakhulu eminyaka ngemuva kokufa kwakhe. Uchaze ababhishobhi ikakhulukazi njengodokotela imisebenzi yabo eyinhloko ukushumayela nokuqondisa izigwegwe. Ekushumayeleni kwakhe phansi, uGregory wayenekhono ekusebenziseni ivangeli lansuku zonke ezidingweni zezilaleli zakhe. Ebizwa ngokuthi "Omkhulu," uGregory wayenendawo no-Augustine, Ambrose noJerome, njengomunye wodokotela abane abaphambili beSonto LaseNtshonalanga.
Isazi-mlando saseSheshi sabhala: “Akunakwenzeka ukucabanga ukuthi ukudideka, ukungabi-namthetho, isimo sesiyaluyalu seNkathi Ephakathi sasiyini ngaphandle kopapa bangezikhathi zasendulo; nakupapa wasendulo, ubaba wangempela nguGregory the Great “.
Ukuzindla
UGregory weneliseka ngokuba yindela, kodwa lapho ebuzwa, walikhonza ngenjabulo iSonto nangezinye izindlela. Wanikela ngokuthanda kwakhe ngezindlela eziningi, ikakhulukazi lapho ebizelwa ukuba nguMbhishobhi waseRoma. Lapho esabizelwe umsebenzi womphakathi, uGregory wanikela ngokugcwele emandleni akhe kulo msebenzi. Incazelo kaGregory yokuthi ababhishobhi njengodokotela ihambisana kahle nencazelo kaPapa Francis yeSonto “njengesibhedlela sasensimini”.