Impilo Yabangcwele: ISan Policarpo, umbhishobhi kanye nomfel 'ukholo
San Policarpo, umbhishobhi kanye ukholo
c. 69-c. 155
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Ukufa okumangalisayo kombhishobhi ohlonishwayo kuqeda inkathi yangaphambi kwabaphostoli
Umbhishobhi ongumKatolika ubulawa ngesihluku eTurkey. Isisulu sakhe siyamemeza "Allahu Akbar", simgwaza kaningi isisulu sakhe enhliziyweni, bese simnquma ikhanda. Kunofakazi ngalesi senzo. Abapristi bendawo abambalwa kanye nokwesaba ngokwethembeka impilo yabo. UPapa waseRoma wethukile futhi uthandazela umufi. Abantu abayizinkulungwane ezinhlanu bahlanganyela eMiseni lomngcwabo ohlonishwayo. Umcimbi ovela kudala? Cha.
Umbhishobhi owayebulewe kwakungu-waseFrance ogama lakhe linguLuigi Padovese, upapa wokulila wayenguBenedict XVI kwathi ngonyaka ka-2010. ITurkey iyindawo eyingozi yombhishobhi ongumKatolika, noma ngabe ungumbhishobhi wasePadovese noma ungcwele namuhla, uBishop Policarpo. Sekuyiminyaka eyinkulungwane, peninsula yase-Anatoli ibilokhu ingumbuso wamaKristu aseMpumalanga. Leyo nkathi kade yafika ekugcineni. Amamayela angamakhulu ambalwa nenkulungwane eyodwa namakhulu amabili nesishiyagalombili ahlukanisa, noma mhlawumbe ahlanganisa, umbhishobhi wasePaduan nombhishobhi Policarpo. Ukuthi ichithwe ngommese obukhali womuntu ongumSulumane oshisekayo, noma ichithekile ngenkemba ebiphonswe yisosha lamaRoma elingumqabaqaba, igazi laliligeleza libomvu ukusuka entanjeni yomholi ongumKristu, owangena ezweni lezwe elinobutha.
Izindaba zokufela ukholo kukaSan Policarpo, umbhishobhi waseSmirna, zasakazeka kabanzi esikhathini sakhe, zamenza waba nodumile eSontweni lakudala njengoba kwenzeka manje. Wabulawelwa ukholo ngo-155 AD, omunye wabafel 'ukholo abambalwa okufakazelwa yimibhalo kucace bha ukufakazela ukuthi wabulawa ngosuku oluqondile lomkhosi wakhe, ngoFebhuwari 23. UPolycarp wayeneminyaka engama-86 lapho kuqhuma udlame esontweni lasendaweni. Walinda ngesineke epulazini elingaphandle komuzi ukuze ababulawa bakhe bangqongqoze emnyango. Wabe eselethwa phambi kwemantshi yaseRoma futhi wayalwa ukuba enqabe ukungakholelwa kwakhe kuNkulunkulu. Cabanga lokho. Isimanga esijabulisayo! Umkristu usolwa ngokungakholelwa ebukhoneni buka “kholwa” ongumhedeni. Lowo kwakunjengombono wamaRoma.
Onkulunkulu baseRoma babeyizimpawu zokuthanda izwe kunezinto ababezikholelwa. Akekho owabulawa ukholo ngenxa yazo. Akekho owalwela izivumokholo zazo, ngoba zazingekho izivumokholo zazo. Lab 'onkulunkulu benzele iRoma lokho amafulegi, izingoma zezwe namaholide omphakathi akwenzela isizwe sanamuhla. Bazihlanganisa naye. Kwakuyizimpawu zomhlaba wonke zokuziqhenya kwezwe. Njengoba nje wonke umuntu emelela iculo lesizwe, babhekana nefulegi, babeka izandla zabo ezinhliziyweni futhi bacule amagama ajwayelekile, kanjalo nezakhamizi zaseRoma zenyuka izitebhisi ezibanzi zamathempeli azo ziye kukholamu eziningi, zenze isikhalazo zabe zishisa impepho i-altare likankulunkulu wabo abathandayo.
Kwakudinga isibindi seqhawe kuPolycarp nezinkulungwane zamanye amaKristu okuqala, hhayi ukuthi baphonse izinhlamvu ezimbalwa zempepho emlilweni ovutha phambi kukankulunkulu ongumhedeni. KumaRoma, ukungashisi impepho enjalo kwakufana nokukhipha ifulege. Kepha uPolycarp wenqabile ukulahla iqiniso lalokho ayekuzwe emlonyeni weSt John esemncane, ukuthi umbazi ogama lakhe linguJesu, owayesehlale amasonto ambalwa eningizimu yeSmirna, wayevukile kwabafileyo ngemuva kokubola kwakhe isidumbu ubekwe ethuneni eliqashile. Futhi lokhu bekwenzekile muva nje, ezinsukwini zikamkhulu kaPolycarp!
UPolycarp wayeziqhenya ngokufela ukholo ayeluthathile ngomcabango ofanele. Isithunzi sakhe njengomholi wobuKristu sasingenakulinganiswa. Wayefundile ukholo komunye wabaphostoli beNkosi. Wayehlangane nombhishobhi odumile wase-Antiyokiya, uSt. Ignatius, ngenkathi u-Ignatius edlula eSmirna esendleleni eyokubulawa kwakhe eRoma. Enye yezinhlamvu eziyisikhombisa ezidumile zikaSanta Ignatius idluliselwe ngisho nakuPolycarp. UPolycarp, uSanta Irenaeus waseLyon usitshela, waze waya eRoma ukuyohlangana noPapa ngombuzo wokuqomisana kwama-Easter. U-Irenaeus wayazi futhi wafunda kuPolycarp lapho u-Irenaeus esengumntwana e-Asia Minor. Incwadi kaPolycarp uqobo eya kwabaseFiliphi yafundwa emasontweni e-Asiya kwaba sengathi kuyingxenye yemibhalo, okungenani kuze kube sekhulu lesine.
Kwakuyindoda enezimpunga ezithandekayo empunga, ufakazi wokugcina ophilayo wesikhathi sabaphostoli, izandla zakhe ezaziboshwe ngemuva kwakhe esigxotsheni futhi owayemi "njengenqama enamandla" ngenkathi izinkulungwane zimemeza ngenxa yegazi lakhe. Umbhishobhi Polycarp wakwamukela kahle lokho ayengakufuni ngenkuthalo. Isidumbu sakhe sashiswa ngemuva kokushona kwakhe futhi othembekile wagcina amathambo akhe, isibonelo sokuqala sezintambo sahlonishwa. Eminyakeni embalwa ngemuva kokushona kukaPolicarpo, indoda yaseSmirna egama linguPionio yabulawelwa ukholo ngenxa yokubuka ukubulawelwa ukholo kweSan Policarpo. Ngokungeziwe ngale ndlela, enye ilandelana, izixhumanisi nexhaxha lokholo oludlulela phakathi namakhulu eminyaka kuya kulesikhathi samanje, lapho manje sihlonipha iSan Policarpo sengathi sasihleli ngaphakathi ekufinyeleleni kwesenzo enkundleni leyo. usuku oluhle.
Umfel 'ukholo omkhulu uSan Policarpo, usenze sibe ngofakazi abaqinile beqiniso ngamazwi nangezenzo, njengoba nje wafakazela iqiniso empilweni yakho nasekufeni kwakho. Ngokucela kwakho, wenza ukuzibophezela kwethu enkolweni yethu ehlala isikhathi eside, iphrojekthi yokuphila, ehlala kuze kube yilapho impilo yethu yokukholwa iphelela ngokufa kokholo.