USanta wosuku lukaDisemba 29: indaba kaSt.Thomas Becket
Ongcwele wosuku lwangoDisemba 29
(21 Disemba 1118 - 29 Disemba 1170)
Indaba kaSt. Thomas Becket
Indoda enamandla eyanqikaza umzuzwana, kodwa-ke yafunda ukuthi umuntu akanakukwazi ukubhekana nobubi, wase eba ngumuntu oqinile wesonto, umfel 'ukholo nosanta: lo kwakunguThomas Becket, uMbhishobhi Omkhulu waseCanterbury, owabulawa esontweni lakhe ngoDisemba 29 , 1170.
Umsebenzi wakhe ube nesiphepho. Ngenkathi engu-Archdeacon waseCanterbury, waqokwa njengoShansela waseNgilandi eneminyaka engama-36 ngumngani wakhe uKing Henry II. Ngenkathi uHenry ekubona kunenzuzo ukuqoka ishansela lakhe njengo-Archbishop waseCanterbury, uThomas wamnikeza isexwayiso esifanele: kungenzeka angakwamukeli konke ukungena kukaHenry ezindabeni zeSonto. Kodwa-ke, ngo-1162 wabekwa njengombhishobhi omkhulu, wasula esikhundleni sokuba yishansela wayishintsha yonke indlela yakhe yokuphila!
Izinkinga seziqalile. UHenry waphikelela ekuthatheni amalungelo eSonto. Ngesinye isikhathi, ecabanga ukuthi isenzo esithile sokubuyisana kungenzeka, uThomas wasondela ekuyekethiseni. Wavuma okwesikhashana uMthethosisekelo kaClarendon, owawuzophuca abefundisi ilungelo lokuqulwa kwecala yinkantolo yezenkolo futhi ubavimbe ekudluliseni icala ngqo eRoma. Kepha uThomas wenqaba uMthethosisekelo, wabalekela eFrance ukuze aphephe futhi wahlala ekudingisweni iminyaka eyisikhombisa. Lapho ebuyela eNgilandi wayesola ukuthi kuzosho ukufa okuthile. Njengoba uThomas enqabile ukuthethelela ukubala abekade ekubeke kubabhishobhi abathandwa yinkosi, uHenry wakhala ngentukuthelo: "Akekho ozongisusa kulo mpristi ocasulayo!" Abagibeli bamahhashi abane, bethatha amazwi akhe njengesifiso sakhe, babulala uThomas eCanterbury Cathedral.
UThomas Becket uhlala eyiqhawe elingcwele kuze kufike ezikhathini zethu.
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Akekho oba ngcwele ngaphandle kokulwa, ikakhulukazi naye. UThomas wayazi ukuthi kufanele ame aqine avikele iqiniso nomthetho, noma ngabe lokho kubeka impilo yakhe engcupheni. Kumele futhi sithathe uhlangothi lapho sibhekene nezingcindezi - zokungathembeki, ukukhohlisa, ukubhujiswa kwempilo - okulahlekisela ukuthandwa, ukuthandwa, ukukhushulwa kanye nempahla enkulu kakhulu.
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