ISt. Athanasius - Xa Ungaphandle

Nanjengoko iicawa zinyanzeliswa ukuba ziyeke "ukungagcini" ukungabikho, kwaye abanye, enyanisweni, sele bekwenzile oko…[1]UNjingalwazi ufuna "amanyathelo abanzi" okuthintela abo bangagonywanga "kwiindawo zonqulo"; cf. elvsenga.com nanjengoko sisiva ngoobhishophu bemka elukholweni besiya kwi "Sinodi yeNdlela" entsha.[2]www.pierced-hearts.com/2021/03/17/inglish-catholic-bishop-fears-germanys-synodal-way-will-lead-to-de-facto-schism/ amazwi ka-Athanasius afumana ukufana kwakhona kumaxesha ethu… 

Ileta kaSt. Athanasius (c. 296-298 - 373), ubhishophu wama-20 waseAlexandria, kumhlambi wakhe:

Wanga uThixo angakuthuthuzela! … Okunenza buhlungu… yinto yokuba abanye bebehlala ezicaweni ngobundlobongela, ngeli xesha nina ningaphandle. Kuyinyani ukuba banesakhiwo─kodwa unokholo lwabapostile. Bangazithatha iicawa zethu, kodwa bangaphandle koKholo lwenene. Uhlala ngaphandle kweendawo zonqulo, kodwa ukholo luhlala ngaphakathi kuwe. Makhe siqwalasele: yintoni ebaluleke ngakumbi, indawo okanye ukholo? Ukholo lwenene, ngokucacileyo. Ngubani olahlekileyo kwaye ngubani ophumeleleyo kulo mzabalazo-lowo ugcina indawo okanye lowo ugcina ukholo?

Kuyinyani, indawo ilungile xa ukholo lwabapostile lushunyayelwa khona; zingcwele ukuba yonke into yenzeka apho ngendlela engcwele… Nina ninoyolo: nina nihlala ecaweni ngokholo lwenu, nibambelele nkqi kwiziseko zokholo ezize kuni zivela kwiNkcubeko yabapostile. Kwaye ukuba umona ophumeleleyo uzame ukuwushukumisa izihlandlo ezininzi, awuphumelelanga. Ngabo bahlukane nayo kule ngxaki sikuyo ngoku.

Akukho namnye, owakha waloyisa ukholo lwenu, bazalwana abathandekayo. Kwaye siyakholwa ukuba uThixo uyakusibuyisela iinkonzo zethu ngenye imini.

Yiyo loo nto, okukhona bezama ngamandla ukuhlala kwiindawo zonqulo, kokukhona bazahlula kwiCawa. Babanga ukuba bamele iBandla; kodwa enyanisweni, ngabo abo bayazikhupha kuyo kwaye baphambuke.

Nokuba amaKatolika athembekile kwiNkcubeko ancitshisiwe, alilo iBandla likaYesu Krestu eliyinyani. -Iziqwenga zeeleta XXIX, cf. Zonke iinkonzo ze-intanethi


 
Icawe iya kuncitshiswa kubungakanani bayo, kuya kuba yimfuneko ukuba uqale kwakhona. Nangona kunjalo, koluvavanyo luza kuvela iCawe eya kuthi yomelezwe yinkqubo yokwenza lula into eyenzeka kuyo, ngamandla ayo ahlaziyiweyo yokuzijonga ngaphakathi ... iCawe iya kuncitshiswa ngokwamanani. -Cardinal Ratzinger (POPE BENEDICT XVI), UThixo kunye neHlabathi, 2001; udliwanondlebe noPeter Seewald

Kukho ukungonwabi okukhulu, ngeli xesha, emhlabeni naseCaweni, kwaye Into ekuthethwa ngayo apha lukholo… Ngamanye amaxesha ndifunda isicatshulwa seVangeli samaxesha okuphela kwaye ndiyangqina ukuba, ngeli xesha, ezinye iimpawu zeli phupha ziyavela… Into endibethayo, xa ndicinga ngehlabathi lamaKatolika, kukuba ngaphakathi kobuKatolika, kubonakala ngathi ngamanye amaxesha -ukuchaza indlela engeyoyamaKatolika yokucinga, kwaye kunokwenzeka ukuba ngomso le ngcinga ingeyoyamaKatolika ngaphakathi kobuKatolika, iya kuthi ngomso ube namandla. Kodwa ayisoze imele ingcinga yeCawe. Kuyimfuneko ukuba umhlambi omncinci uphila, nokuba incinci kangakanani. —IPOPA ST. UPAWULOS VI, Imfihlo Paul VI, UJean Guitton, iphe. 152-153, Imbekiselo (7), iphe. ix.

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1 UNjingalwazi ufuna "amanyathelo abanzi" okuthintela abo bangagonywanga "kwiindawo zonqulo"; cf. elvsenga.com
2 www.pierced-hearts.com/2021/03/17/inglish-catholic-bishop-fears-germanys-synodal-way-will-lead-to-de-facto-schism/
exhonyiweyo imiyalezo, Eminye Imiphefumlo.