Abangcwele u-Andrew Kim Taegon, uPaul Chong Hasang kanye nabangane abangcwele boSuku lwangoSepthemba 20
(21 Agasti 1821 - 16 Septhemba 1846; Compagni d. Phakathi kuka-1839 no-1867)
Abangcwele u-Andrew Kim Taegon, uPaul Chong Hasang kanye neNdaba yabangane
Umpristi wokuqala waseKorea, u-Andrew Kim Taegon wayeyindodana yabaphendukile abangamaKristu. Ngemuva kokubhapathizwa kwakhe eneminyaka engu-15, u-Andrew wahamba amakhilomitha angu-1.300 XNUMX waya esikoleni sobufundisi eMacau, eChina. Ngemuva kweminyaka eyisithupha, wakwazi ukubuyela ezweni lakhe ngeManchuria. Ngawo lowo nyaka wawela uLwandle Oliphuzi waya eShanghai wagcotshwa waba ngumfundisi. Ebuyele ekhaya futhi, wabelwa ukuba ahlele ukungena kwezinye izithunywa zevangeli ngomgwaqo owawuzophunyuka ekuqapheni komngcele. Waboshwa, wahlukunyezwa futhi ekugcineni wanqunywa ikhanda eMfuleni iHan ngaseSeoul, inhlokodolobha.
Uyise ka-Andrew, u-Ignatius Kim, wabulawelwa ukholo ngesikhathi sokushushiswa ngo-1839 futhi wahlonishwa ngo-1925. UPaul Chong Hasang, owayengumphostoli futhi eyindoda eshadile, naye washona ngo-1839 eneminyaka engama-45.
Phakathi kwabanye abafel 'ukholo ngo-1839 kwakunoColumba Kim, owesifazane ongashadile oneminyaka engama-26 ubudala. Wafakwa ejele, wagwazwa ngamathuluzi ashisayo futhi washiswa ngamalahle ashisayo. Yena nodadewabo u-Agnes bakhumulile bagcinwa izinsuku ezimbili esitokisini esinezigebengu ezilahlwe ngamacala kodwa abahlukunyezwanga. Ngemuva kokuthi uColumba ekhala ngokuthotshiswa, azibange zisaba khona izisulu. Laba bobabili banqunywa amakhanda. UPeter Ryou, umfana oneminyaka engu-13 ubudala, wayedabuke inyama yakhe kangangokuthi wayekwazi ukudabula izicucu aziphonse kumajaji. Wabulawa ngokuklinywa. UProtase Chong, isicukuthwane esineminyaka engama-41, wahlubuka lapho ehlushwa futhi wakhululwa. Kamuva wabuya, wavuma ukholo lwakhe futhi wahlukunyezwa waze wafa.
UbuKristu bafika eKorea ngesikhathi iJapan ihlasela ngo-1592 lapho abanye baseKorea bebhapathizwa, mhlawumbe ngamasosha angamaKristu angamaJapane. Ukushunyayelwa kwevangeli kube nzima ngoba iKorea yenqabile ukuxhumana nabantu bangaphandle ngaphandle kokuthatha intela eBeijing minyaka yonke. Kwesinye isenzakalo esinjalo, cishe ngo-1777, izincwadi zobuKristu ezazitholwe amaJesuit eChina zaholela amaKristu aseKorea afundile ukuba afunde. Kwaqala isonto lendlu. Lapho umpristi waseChina ekwazile ukungena ngasese eminyakeni eyishumi nambili kamuva, wathola amaKhatholika angama-4.000, akekho noyedwa kubo owayeke wabona umpristi. Eminyakeni eyisikhombisa kamuva kwaba namaKatolika ayi-10.000 1883. Inkululeko engokwenkolo yafika eKorea ngo-XNUMX.
Ngaphezu kuka-Andrew noPaul, uPapa John Paul II wagcoba abantu baseKorea abangama-98 nezithunywa zevangeli ezintathu zaseFrance ababulawelwa ukholo phakathi kuka-1839 no-1867, ngenkathi eya eKorea ngo-1984. Phakathi kwabo kwakukhona ababhishobhi nabapristi, kodwa iningi lalingaziphathi kahle: abesifazane abangama-47 nabesilisa abangama-45.
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Kuyasimangaza ukuthi iSonto laseKorea belilokhu liyiSonto elingenalo izwe iminyaka eyishumi nambili emva kokuzalwa kwalo. Abantu baphile kanjani ngaphandle koMthendeleko? Akusilulazi lesi namanye amasakramente ukubona ukuthi kumele kube nokukholwa okuphilayo ngaphambi kokuba kube nomgubho ozuzisa ngempela uMthendeleko. Amasakramente ayizimpawu zesinyathelo sikaNkulunkulu nokuphendula kwakhe ekukholweni osekuvele kukhona. Amasakramente andisa umusa nokholo, kepha kuphela uma kukhona okuthile okulungele ukwandiswa.