USanta wosuku lukaJanuwari 14: indaba kaSan Gregorio Nazianzeno
(cishe 325 - cishe 390)
Indaba kaSan Gregorio Nazianzeno
Ngemuva kokubhapathizwa kwakhe eneminyaka engama-30, uGregory wasamukela ngenjabulo isimemo somngane wakhe uBasilio sokujoyina isigodlo sezindela esasisanda kusungulwa. Isizungu saphuka lapho ubaba kaGregory, umbhishobhi, edinga usizo esifundeni sakhe nasefa lakhe. Kubukeka sengathi uGregory wagcotshwa njengompristi ngenkani, futhi wamukela umthwalo ngokungathandi. Ngobuhlakani wakugwema ukwahlukana ayekusongela lapho ubaba wakhe ehlehla nge-Arianism. Lapho eneminyaka engama-41 uGregory wakhethwa njengombhishobhi wesonto laseCaesarea futhi ngokushesha waxabana noValens, umbusi, owayesekela ama-Arians.
Umphumela omubi wale mpi kwaba ukupholisa ubungani babangcwele ababili. UBasilio, umbhishobhi wakhe omkhulu, wamthumela edolobheni elinosizi nelingenampilo emngceleni wezigaba ezidalwe ngokungenabulungisa esifundeni sakhe. UBasilio usole uGregory ngokungayi esihlalweni sakhe.
Lapho ukuvikelwa kobu-Arianism kwaphela ngokufa kukaValens, uGregory wabizwa ukuba akhe kabusha ukholo ekuboneni okukhulu kweConstantinople, okwakungaphansi kothisha base-Aryan amashumi amathathu eminyaka. Ehlehlisiwe futhi ebucayi, wesaba ukudonswa enqubeni enkulu yenkohlakalo nodlame. Okokuqala wahlala endlini yomngani wakhe, eyaba yisonto kuphela le-Orthodox edolobheni. Esimweni esinjalo, waqala wethula izintshumayelo ezinkulu zikaZiqu-zintathu adume ngazo. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, uGregory wakha kabusha ukholo edolobheni, kodwa kwaba yinhlekelele enkulu, ukunyundelwa, ukuthukwa ngisho nodlame lomuntu. Umuntu ongenile wazama ngisho nokuthatha isikhundla sakhe sombhishobhi.
Izinsuku zakhe zokugcina wazichitha enesizungu futhi enenkinga. Ubhale izinkondlo zenkolo, ezinye zazo ezokulandisa, ezinokujula nobuhle obukhulu. Wadunyiswa ngokumane ethi "isazi semfundiso yenkolo". USanta Gregory waseNazianzen uhlanganyela idili lakhe lezinkonzo noSanta Basil the Great ngoJanuwari 2.
Ukuzindla
Kungaba induduzo encane, kepha izinxushunxushu zangemva kweVatican II eSontweni ziyisiphepho esincane uma kuqhathaniswa nomonakalo owadalwa ukuhlubuka kuka-Arian, ukuhlukumezeka iSonto elingakaze likukhohlwe. UKristu akazange athembise uhlobo lokuthula esingathanda ukuba nalo: akunankinga, akukho kuphikisa, akukho buhlungu. Ngandlela thile, ubungcwele njalo buyindlela yesiphambano.