"INTONI malunga nabo bangengawo amaKatolika okanye abangabhaptizwanga okanye abangazange bayive iVangeli? Ngaba balahlekile kwaye bagwetyelwe isihogo? ” Lowo ngumbuzo obalulekileyo kwaye ubalulekile ekufuneka uphendulwe ngokungathandabuzekiyo nangenyani.
UBHAPTIZO - INDLELA YOKUHAMBELA EZULWINI
In Icandelo I, kucacile ukuba usindiso luza kwabo baguqukayo esonweni kwaye balandele iVangeli. Umnyango, ngokuthetha, yiSakramente yoBhaptizo apho umntu ahlanjululwa khona kuzo zonke izono kwaye avuseleleke kwakhona kuMzimba kaKristu. Kwimeko apho umntu acinga ukuba le yinto yamandulo, mamela imiyalelo kaKristu:
Lowo ukholwayo aze abhaptizwe uya kusindiswa; Ongakholwayo uyakugwetywa (UMarko 16:16). Inene, inene, ndithi kuwe, Akukho namnye unokungena ebukumkanini bukaThixo engekazalwa ngamanzi nanguMoya. (UYohane 3: 5)
Kuyavunywa, kumntu wangaphandle namhlanje, ubhaptizo kufuneka lubonakale njengento "entle esiyenzayo" ekhokelela kumfanekiso omhle wosapho kunye nebrunch elungileyo emva koko. Kodwa uqonde, uYesu wayezimisele kakhulu ukuba le Sakramente ibonakale, isebenze, kwaye kuyimfuneko umqondiso wesenzo saKhe sokusindisa, ukuba enze izinto ezintathu ukusibonisa:
• Wabhaptizwa ngokwakhe; (Mat 3: 13-17)
• kwaphuma amanzi negazi entliziyweni yakhe njengophawu nomthombo weesakramente; (Yohane 19:34) kunye
• Wayalela abaPostile ukuba: "Hambani ke ngoko niye kuzenza abafundi zonke iintlanga, nibabhaptizela egameni loYise, loNyana, loMoya oyiNgcwele…" (UMateyu 28: 19)
Yiyo loo nto aBaseki beCawe behlala besithi, "Ngaphandle kweCawa, akukho lusindiso," kuba kungenxa yeCawe apho iisakramente, ezithandwa nguKrestu, ziyafumaneka kwaye zilawulwe:
Zixhomekeke kwiZibhalo neNkcubeko, iBhunga lifundisa ukuba iBandla, umhambi ngoku osemhlabeni, liyimfuneko elusindisweni: omnye uKrestu ngumlamli kunye nendlela yosindiso; ukho kuthi emzimbeni wakhe oyiCawa. Wayecacisa ngokucacileyo imfuneko yokholo noBhaptizo, waqinisekisa kwangaxeshanye imfuneko yeCawe engena ngamadoda ngoBhaptizo njengasemnyango. Kungoko bengasindiswa abo, besazi ukuba iCawa yamaKatolika yayisekwe njengoko iyimfuneko nguThixo ngoKristu, abanokwala ukungena kuyo okanye ukuhlala kuyo. -Katekisiki yeCawa yamaKatolika, n. I-846
Kodwa kuthekani ngabo bazalelwa kwiintsapho zamaProtestanti? Kuthekani ngabantu abazalelwe kumazwe obuKomanisi apho inkolo ingavumelekanga? Okanye kuthekani ngabo bahlala kwimimandla esemagqagaleni eMzantsi Melika okanye eAfrika apho iVangeli ingekafiki khona?
NGAPHAKATHI KWANGAPHANDLE
Abaseki beCawa babecacile ukuba umntu owala ngabom iCawa yamaKatolika ubeka usindiso lwabo emngciphekweni, kuba nguKristu owamisela iCawa "njengomthendeleko wosindiso."[1]cf. CCC, n. 849, Mat 16:18 Kodwa iCatechism yongeza:
… Umntu akanakubhatala ngesono sokwahlukana abo bazalelwe kwezi ndawo ngoku [ezibangelwe kukwahlukana okunjalo] kwaye bakhulele elukholweni lukaKristu, kwaye iCawa yamaKatolika ibamkela ngentlonipho nothando njengabazalwana … —Catechism yeCawa yamaKatolika, 818
Yintoni esenza ukuba sibe ngabazalwana?
Ubhaptizo lwenza isiseko sobudlelane phakathi kwawo onke amaKrestu, kuquka nalawo angekadibani ngokupheleleyo neCawe yamaKhatholika: “Kuba amadoda akholelwa kuKrestu kwaye abhaptizwe ngokufanelekileyo afakwa kubudlelane neCawa yamaKatolika, nangona engafezekanga. Ukugwetyelwa ngokholo kuBhaptizo, [bona] babandakanywa kuKristu; ngenxa yoko banelungelo lokubizwa ngokuba bangamaKristu, yaye banesizathu esivakalayo sokuba bamkelwe njengabazalwana ngabantwana beCawa yamaKatolika. ” “Ubhaptizo ke ngoko iqhina lomthendeleko wobunye phakathi kwabo bonke abazelwe ngokutsha ngako. ”—Catechism yeCawa yamaKatolika, 1271
Oku akuthethi, nangona kunjalo, ukuba sinako okanye kufuneka siyamkele imeko ekhoyo. Ukwahlulwa phakathi kwamaKristu kulihlazo. Iyasithintela ekuqondeni "ikatolika" yethu njengeCawe jikelele. Abo bohlulwe kubukatolika bayasokola, nokuba bayakuqonda oko okanye akunjalo, ukuphulukana nobabalo lokunyanga ngokweemvakalelo, ngokwasemzimbeni nangokwasemoyeni okuza ngeSakramente sokuvuma izono kunye noMthendeleko. Ukungamanyani kuthintela ubungqina bethu kwabangakholwayo abahlala bebona umahluko omkhulu, ukungavisisani kunye nokucalucalulana phakathi kwethu.
Ke ngelixa sinokuthi abo babhaptiziweyo kwaye bathi uYesu uyiNkosi ngenene ngabantakwethu noodade wethu kwaye basendleleni yosindiso, oku akuthethi ukuba iyantlukwano zethu zinceda ukusindisa ilizwe liphela. Ngelishwa, yahluke ngokupheleleyo. Kuba uYesu wathi, Ngayo le nto baya kwazi bonke, ukuba ningabafundi bam, ukuba nithe nathandana. [2]John 13: 35
IPHUTHA vs ISIZATHU
Ke, kuthekani ngomntu owazalelwa ehlathini ongazange weva ngoYesu, ukususela ekuzalweni ukuya ekufeni? Okanye umntu esixekweni okhuliswe ngabazali abangabahedeni ongazange aziswe iVangeli? Ngaba aba bangabhaptizwanga balahlwe lithemba?
KwiNdumiso yanamhlanje, uDavid ubuza:
Ndingahambaphi nomoya wakho? Ndingabalekela kubani ebusweni bakho? (Iindumiso 139: 7)
UThixo ukho kuyo yonke indawo. Ubukho bakhe abukho ngaphakathi kweTabernakele kuphela okanye phakathi koluntu lwamaKristu apho “Ababini okanye abathathu bahlanganisiwe” egameni lakhe,[3]cf. Mat 18:20 kodwa iyaqhubeka kwindalo iphela. Kwaye obu Bukho bobuThixo, utsho uSt. unako ingabonwa ngaphakathi entliziyweni kuphela kodwa nangengqondo yomntu:
Kuba oko kwazekayo ngoThixo kuyabonakala ngaphakathi kwabo; kuba uThixo wakubonakalalisa kubo. Ukusukela ekudalweni kwehlabathi, iimpawu zakhe ezingabonakaliyo zamandla angunaphakade kunye nobuthixo zikwazile ukuqondwa kwaye kubonwe kwinto ayenzileyo. (KwabaseRoma 1: 19-20)
Yiyo kanye le nto, kususela ekudalweni kwendalo, uluntu belunotyekelo lwenkolo: uyayibona indalo kwaye ngaphakathi kuye ingumsebenzi waLowo mkhulu kunaye; Uyakwazi ukufikelela kulwazi oluthile ngoThixo "Iingxoxo eziguqukayo nezikholisayo."[4]CCC, n. 31 Yiyo loo nto wafundisa uPopu Pius XII ukuba:
… Ingqiqo yomntu ngamandla ayo emvelo kunye nokukhanya kunokufika kulwazi oluyinyani noluthile loThixo omnye, Lowo ngokolwaluko lwaKhe ujongana nolawulo lwehlabathi, kananjalo nomthetho wendalo, obhalwe nguMdali ezintliziyweni zethu. … -UHuman Generis, Iincwadi zoncwadi; n. 2; IVatican.va
Kwaye:
Abo bathi, ngaphandle kwephutha labo, abayazi iVangeli kaKristu okanye yeCawe yakhe, kodwa abafuna uThixo ngentliziyo enyanisekileyo, kwaye, beqhutywa lubabalo, bazama ngezenzo zabo ukwenza ukuthanda kwakhe njengoko bekwazi isazela sabo — nabo banakho ukufumana usindiso lwanaphakade. -Katekisiki yeCawa yamaKatolika, n. I-847
UYesu wathi, “Ndiyinyaniso.” Ngamanye amagama, usindiso luhlala luvulelekileyo kwabo abazama ukulandela inyaniso, ukulandela uYesu, ngaphandle kokumazi ngegama.
Ngaba oku akuphikisani namazwi kaKristu athi umntu kufuneka abhaptizwe ukuze asindiswe? Hayi, kanye kuba umntu akanakubekwa tyala ngokwala ukukholelwa kuKrestu ukuba zange banikwe thuba; umntu akanakugwetywa ngokwala ubhaptizo ukuba bebengazange bazi "ngamanzi aphilayo" osindiso ukuqala. Eyona nto ithethwa yiCawa kukuba "ukungamoyiki ongenakoyiswa" uKrestu kunye neZibhalo akuthethi ukungamazi ngokupheleleyo uThixo okanye iimfuno zomthetho wendalo obhalwe entliziyweni yomntu. Ngenxa yoko:
Wonke umntu ongayaziyo iVangeli kaKristu neyeCawe yakhe, kodwa afune inyaniso kwaye enze ukuthanda kukaThixo ngokuvisisana nokuyiqonda kwakhe, angasindiswa. Inokucingelwa ukuba abantu abanjalo baya kuba nayo unqwenela ubhaptizo ngokucacileyo ukuba babesazi ukuba kunyanzelekile. -IKatekism yeCawa yamaKatolika, n. I-1260
ICatechism ayitsho ukuba “uyakusindiswa,” kodwa inako ukusindiswa. U-Yesu ucebisa ukuba kunini xa, kwimfundiso yakhe yoMgwebo wokuGqibela, athi ku wasindisa:
Ndandilambile, wandipha ukutya, ndanxanwa, wandinika into yokusela; ndandingowasemzini, wandamkela; ndihamba ze, nandambesa, ndagula, ndanikhathalela, ndandisentolongweni, nandivelela. Aya kwandula ke amalungisa aphendule athi, Nkosi, sakubona nini na ulambile, sakonga; unxaniwe, sakuseza? Sakubona nini ungowasemzini sakwamkela, okanye uhamba ze sakwambesa? Sakubona nini ugula okanye usentolongweni, seza kuwe? ' Aze athi kubo ukumkani, Inene, inene, enithe nakwenza komnye waba bazalwana bam bangabona bancinane, nenjenjalo nakum. (Mat 25: 35-40)
UThixo uluthando, kwaye abo balandela umthetho wothando, kwinqanaba elithile okanye kwelinye, balandela uThixo. Ukwenzela bona, Uthando lugubungela inkitha yezono. [5]I-1 Pet 4: 8
UKUTHUNYELWA
Ayikhe ikhuphe iCawa ukuba ishumayele iVangeli ezintlangeni. Ngenxa yezizathu zomntu, nangona ekwazi ukuqonda uThixo, wenziwe mnyama sisono santlandlolo, esithi “Kukuhluthwa kobungcwele bemvelo nokusesikweni” awayenako umntu phambi kokuwa. [6]CCC n. 405 Kananjalo, indalo yethu engxwelerhekileyo "ithambekele ebubini" ibangela "iimpazamo ezinkulu kwimfundo, kwezopolitiko, ekuhlaleni nakwindlela yokuziphatha."[7]CCC n. 407 Yiyo loo nto, isilumkiso esingapheliyo seNkosi yethu sifana nocingo olucacileyo kubizo lobufundisi beCawa:
Ngokuba libanzi isango, iphangalele nendlela, esa entshabalalweni; baninzi ke abangena ngalo. Ngokuba limxinwa isango, icuthene nendlela, esa ebomini; bambalwa ke abalifumanayo. (Mat 7: 13-14)
Ngapha koko, akufuneki sicinge ngokuba umntu othile wenza isenzo sokungazingci sothando ukuba isono asibabambi ebomini babo kwenye indawo. “Musani ukugweba ngokwembonakalo…” UKristu walumkisa[8]John 7: 24—Kwaye oku kuquka “ukucalula” abantu thina ngempela andazi. UThixo nguMgwebi wokugqibela, ngubani ongasindiswanga. Ngaphandle koko, ukuba kunzima kuthi njengamaKatolika abhaptiziweyo, aqinisekisiweyo, avumile, asikelelwe ngokukhanyela inyama yethu… wobeka phi na ke yena lowo ungalufumenanga olo lubabalo? Eneneni, xa ethetha ngabo bangekazibandakanyi neQumrhu leCawa yamaKatolika, uPius XII uthi:
… Abanakuqiniseka ngosindiso lwabo. Kuba nangona benomnqweno wokungazi nolangazelelo banolwalamano oluthile noMzimba Oyimfihlakalo woMhlawuleli, bahlala behluthwe izipho ezininzi zasezulwini kunye noncedo olunokonwatyelwa kuphela kwiCawa yamaKatolika. -UMystici Corporis, n. I-103; IVatican.va
Inyani yile yokuba akukho ndlela yokuba umntu aphakame ngaphezulu kokuwa kwakhe, ngaphandle kobabalo lukaThixo. Akukho ndlela eya kuBawo ngaphandle ngoYesu Kristu. Le yintliziyo yebali lothando elakha labaliswa: UThixo akazange alushiye uluntu ekufeni nasentshabalalweni kodwa, ngokufa nokuvuka kukaYesu (okt. ukholo kuye) kunye namandla kaMoya oyiNgcwele, asinako ukubulala imisebenzi yenyama kuphela kodwa size sabelane ngobuThixo baKhe.[9]CCC n. 526 Kodwa, utsho uSt. Baya kubiza njani na kulowo bangakholwanga kuye? Bangathini na ke ukukholwa kulowo bangevanga ngaye? Bangeva njani kungekho mntu ushumayelayo? ” [10]I-Rom 10: 14
Nangona ngeendlela ezaziwa nguye uThixo angakhokelela abo, ngokungazenzisiyo, abangazaziyo iVangeli, kule nkolo ingenakho ukumkholisa ngaphandle kwayo, iBandla lisenembopheleleko kunye nelungelo elingcwele lokushumayela ivangeli. bonke abantu. -IKatekism yeCawa yamaKatolika, n. I-848
Usindiso, ekugqibeleni, sisipho.
Kodwa akufuneki kucingelwe ukuba naluphi na uhlobo lomnqweno wokungena eCaweni lwanele ukuba umntu asindiswe. Kuyimfuneko ukuba umnqweno umntu onxulumene neCawe uphile ngothando olugqibeleleyo. Kananjalo umnqweno ongagungqiyo awunako ukuvelisa isiphumo sawo, ngaphandle kokuba umntu unokholo olungaphaya kwendalo: "Lowo uzayo kuThixo kufuneka akholelwe ukuba uThixo ukho kwaye ungumvuzi wabo bamfunayo" (IsiHebhere 11: 6). —I-Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, kwileta ka-Agasti 8, 1949, eyalelwa nguPopu Pius XII; zintng.com
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