USanta wosuku lukaJanuwari 13: indaba kaSanta Hilary wasePoitiers

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Lo mvikeli oqinile wobunkulunkulu bukaKrestu wayeyindoda enomusa nenenhlonipho, ezinikele ekubhaleni ezinye zezimfundiso ezinhle kakhulu ngoZiqu-zintathu, futhi wayefana noMphathi wakhe ngokubizwa "njengomphazamisi wokuthula". Esikhathini esinezinkinga kakhulu eSontweni, ubungcwele bakhe babuphila ngokwesiko nasempikiswaneni. Wayengumbhishobhi wasePoitiers eFrance.

Wakhuliswa njengomhedeni, waguqukela ebuKristwini lapho ehlangana noNkulunkulu wakhe wemvelo emiBhalweni. Unkosikazi wakhe wayesaphila ngenkathi ekhethwa, engafuni, ukuba abe ngumbhishobhi wasePoitiers eFrance. Ngokushesha waqala ukulwa nalokho okwaba yisishayo sekhulu lesine, i-Arianism, eyayiphika ubungcwele bukaKristu.

Ukuqembuka kwasakazeka ngokushesha. USt. Jerome uthe: "Umhlaba wabubula futhi wamangala ukuthola ukuthi kwakungu-Arian." Ngenkathi uMbusi uConstantius eyalela bonke ababhishobhi baseNtshonalanga ukuba basayine ukulahlwa kuka-Athanasius, umvikeli omkhulu wokholo lwaseMpumalanga, uHilary wenqaba futhi waxoshwa eFrance wayiswa eFrygia ekude. Ekugcineni wabizwa ngokuthi "Athanasius waseNtshonalanga".

Ngenkathi ebhala ekudingisweni, wamenywa ngabathile abangama-Aryan (benethemba lokubuyisana) emkhandlwini owabizwa ngumbusi ukuphikisana noMkhandlu waseNicaea. Kepha uHilary walivikela ngokusobala iSonto, kwathi lapho efuna impikiswano esidlangalaleni nombhishobhi oyisihlubuki owayemdingisile, ama-Aryan, esaba umhlangano nomphumela wawo, ancenga umbusi ukuthi abuyisele lo muntu owayenenkinga ekhaya. UHilary wamukelwa ngabantu bakubo.

Ukuzindla

UKristu wathi ukuza kwakhe akulethi ukuthula kepha kuyinkemba (bona uMathewu 10:34). AmaVangeli awasisekeli uma sicabanga ngobungcwele bokukhanya kwelanga obungazi zinkinga. UKristu akazange abaleke ngomzuzu wokugcina, noma ngabe waphila kamnandi, ngemuva kwempilo yezimpikiswano, izinkinga, ubuhlungu nokukhungatheka. IHilary, njengabo bonke abangcwele, ibimane inokuningi okucishe kufane.