USanta wosuku lukaJanuwari 10: indaba kaSan Gregorio di Nissa

I-Saint of the day kaJanuwari 10
(cishe 335 - 395)

Umlando weSan Gregorio di Nissa

Indodana yabangcwele ababili, uBasilio no-Emmilia, uGregory osemncane wakhuliswa ngumfowabo omdala, uSanta Basil Omkhulu, nodadewabo, uMacrina, eTurkey yanamuhla. Impumelelo kaGregory ezifundweni zakhe yaphakamisa ukuthi izinto ezinkulu zazimlindele. Ngemuva kokuba esenguprofesa wezinkulumo, wancengwa ukuba anikezele ngamasiko akhe kanye nemizamo yakhe eSontweni. Kusukela lapho washada, uGregory uqhubekile nokufundela ubufundisi futhi wagcotshwa (lokhu ngesikhathi lapho ukungashadi kwakungeyona indaba yomthetho wabapristi).

Wakhethwa njengoMbhishobhi waseNissa ngo-372, isikhathi sokungezwani okukhulu ekuhlubukeni kuka-Arian, okwakuphika ubungcwele bukaKristu. Eboshwe isikhashana ngemuva kokumangalelwa ngamanga ngokusebenzisa budedengu izimali zeSonto, uGregory wabuyiselwa esihlalweni sakhe ngo-378, isenzo esamukelwa ngenjabulo enkulu ngabantu bakhe.

Kwakungemva kokushona komfowabo othandekayo, uBasil, lapho uGregory aba ngowakhe ngempela. Wabhala ngempumelelo ngokumelene ne-Arianism nezinye izimfundiso ezingabazekayo, wathola idumela njengommeli wezinkolelo. Wathunywa ngenhloso yokulwa namanye amahlubuka futhi waba nesikhundla esivelele eMkhandlwini waseConstantinople. Idumela lakhe elihle lahlala kuye impilo yakhe yonke, kepha emakhulwini amaningi eminyaka ancipha kancane kancane njengoba ukubhala kwemibhalo yakhe kwaya ngokuya kuncipha. Kepha, ngenxa yomsebenzi wezazi zekhulu lama-XNUMX, isiqu sakhe sibuye saziswa. Ngempela, uSt. Gregory waseNyssa akabonwa nje njengensika yesiko, kepha ungomunye wabanikeli abakhulu kumasiko ayimfihlakalo kwezikamoya zobuKrestu kanye nasekwenzeni ubuhlanga uqobo.

Ukuzindla

I-Orthodoxy yigama elingakhuphula amafulegi abomvu ezingqondweni zethu. Kwabanye abantu ingabonisa izimo zengqondo eziqinile ezingashiyi ndawo yokwahluka okuthembekile kwemibono. Kepha futhi kungaphakamisa enye into: ukukholwa okuzinze kwajula emathanjeni omuntu. Ukholo lukaGregory lwalunjalo. Ukukholwa kwakhe kuJesu kwakugxile kakhulu kangangoba wayazi ubuNkulunkulu obenqatshwa ubu-Arianism. Lapho simelana nento enikezwa njengeqiniso ngaphandle kokwazi kahle ukuthi kungani, kungenzeka ngoba ukholo lwethu seluzinze emathanjeni ethu.