USanta wosuku lukaJanuwari 2: indaba kaSaint Basil Omkhulu

I-Saint of the day kaJanuwari 2
(329 - Januwari 1, 379)

Indaba kaSaint Basil Omkhulu

UBasil wayesezokuba nguthisha odumile ngenkathi ethatha isinqumo sokuqala impilo yezenkolo yobuphofu bevangeli. Ngemuva kokufunda izindlela ezahlukahlukene zempilo yenkolo, wasungula okungenzeka ukuthi kwakuyisigodlo sokuqala sezindela e-Asia Minor. Kwezindela zaseMpumalanga ukuthi uyini uSt. Benedict eNtshonalanga, futhi izimiso zikaBasil zithonya ubu-monasticism baseMpumalanga namuhla.

Wamiswa njengompristi, wasiza umbhishobhi omkhulu waseKesariya - manje oseningizimu-mpumalanga yeTurkey - futhi ekugcineni waba ngumbhishobhi omkhulu ngokwakhe, naphezu kokuphikiswa abanye bababhishobhi ababengaphansi kwakhe, mhlawumbe ngoba babebone izinguquko ezizayo.

Ubu-Arianism, obunye bobuqhekeko obulimaza kakhulu emlandweni weSonto obaphika ubungcwele bukaKristu, babusemqoka kakhulu. U-Emperor Valens washushisa amakholwa ama-Orthodox futhi wabeka ingcindezi enkulu kuBasil ukuthi athule futhi avume izihlubuki esidlweni. UBasil wema futhi uValens wahlehla. Kodwa izinkinga zaqhubeka. Ekufeni kukaSanta Athanasius omkhulu, ingubo yomvikeli wokholo olwa ne-Arianism yawela kuBasil. Wazama ngamandla ukuhlanganisa futhi aqoqe amanye amaKhatholika ayekade ecindezelwe ubushiqela futhi edwengulwe ukungavumelani kwangaphakathi. Wayeqondwa kabi, emelwa kabi, esolwa ngokuhlubuka nokufuna izikhundla. Ngisho nokudluliselwa kukapapa akuphendulanga. "Ngezono zami kubonakala kimi ukuthi angiphumeleli kukho konke."

UBasilio wayengakhathali ekweluseni. Ushumayele kabili ngosuku ezixukwini ezinkulu, wakha isibhedlela esasibizwa ngesimangaliso somhlaba - eseyinsizwa wayehlelile ukusizakala ngendlala futhi esebenza ekhishini lesobho - walwa nokuthengisa ngomzimba.

UBasil wayaziwa kakhulu njenge-orator. Yize ayengaziwa kabanzi ngesikhathi sokuphila kwakhe, imibhalo yakhe imbeka kahle phakathi kwabafundisi abakhulu beSonto. Eminyakeni engamashumi ayisikhombisa nambili emva kokufa kwakhe, uMkhandlu waseChalcedon wamchaza "njengoBasil omkhulu, ungqongqoshe womusa owadalula iqiniso emhlabeni wonke".

Ukuzindla

Njengoba amaFulentshi esho: "Lapho izinto ziguquka, kulapho zihlala zinjalo" UBasil ubhekane nezinkinga ezifanayo nezamaKristu anamuhla. Ubungcwele kwakusho ukuzama ukugcina umoya kaKristu ezinkingeni ezididayo nezibuhlungu njengokuguqula, ukuhlela, ukulwela abampofu, ukugcina ukulinganisela nokuthula ekungaqondisisini.

USt.Basil the Great ungcwele ongumvikeli ka:

Russia