KUPHELA umfundi:
Enkulumweni yakhe ngoFebhuwari 21, 2001, uPapa John Paul wamukela, ngamazwi akhe, "abantu abavela kuzo zonke izingxenye zomhlaba." Uqhubeke wathi,
Uvela emazweni angama-27 kumazwekazi amane futhi ukhuluma izilimi ezahlukahlukene. Ingabe lokhu akusona isibonakaliso sekhono leSonto, njengoba selisabalalele kuwo wonke amagumbi omhlaba, ukuqonda abantu abanamasiko nezilimi ezahlukahlukene, ukuze balethe wonke umyalezo kaKristu? —UJOHANE PAUL II, Ngasekhaya, UFebhu 21, 2001; www.vatica.va
Ingabe lokhu bekungeke kube ukugcwaliseka kukaMat 24:14 lapho ithi:
Leli vangeli lombuso liyoshunyayelwa emhlabeni wonke, kube ngubufakazi ezizweni zonke; khona-ke ukuphela kuyofika (Math 24:14)?
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Kepha kunokuningi esiprofethweni sikaKristu ukuthi “ivangeli lombuso lizoshunyayelwa emhlabeni wonke.”Ngaphambi kokuthi anyukele ezulwini, uJesu wayala abaPhostoli ukuthi:
Ngakho-ke hambani niyokwenza zonke izizwe zibe abafundi ... (Math 28:19)
UJesu akashongo ukuthi benze abafundi in zonke izizwe, kodwa nenze abafundi of zonke izizwe. Izizwe sezizonke, uma kukhulunywa nje (ngoba imiphefumulo engayodwana iyohlala ikhululekile ukwenqaba iVangeli), kufanele yenziwe UmKrestu izizwe.
Yize zonke izizwe ziqondwa yizazi ezithile njengezibhekisa kubo bonke abeZizwe, kungenzeka ukuthi zazibandakanya namaJuda. —Umbhalo waphansi, New American Bible, I-Revised New Testament
Ngaphezu kwalokho, uJesu uyanezela…
… Nibabhabhadisa egameni likaYise neleNdodana nelikaMoya oNgcwele, nibafundisa ukugcina konke enginiyale ngakho. (Math 28: 19-20)
Izizwe nabantu bazo, kumele babhapathizwe — kodwa yini? Ku- idwala ukuthi uKristu uqobo wasungula: iSonto LamaKatolika. Futhi izizwe kufanele zifundiswe konke uJesu akuyalile: yonke idiphozi yokholo ephathiswe abaPhostoli, ukugcwala kweqiniso.
Ake ngingeze omunye umbuzo kowethu wokuqala: Ngabe lokhu kungokoqobo, ingasaphathwa eyenzekayo? Ngizophendula lokhu kuqala.
IZWI LIKANKULUNKULU ALINAKUSHINTSHA
UMoya oNgcwele awukhulumi ngeze. UJesu wayengeyena umuntu ocabangayo, kodwa wayengumuntu kaNkulunkulu “othanda ukuba wonke umuntu asindiswe futhi afinyelele olwazini lweqiniso ” (1 Thim 4: 2).
Kuyakuba njalo nezwi lami eliphuma emlonyeni wami; Ngeke ibuyele kimi ize, kepha izokwenza intando yami, ifinyelele ekugcineni engikuthumele kona. (Isaya 55:11)
Siyazi lokho Ukubusa Okuzayo KweSonto akuthembiswanga ngamazwi kaKristu kuphela, kodwa kuyo yonke imiBhalo. Incwadi ka-Isaya iqala ngombono lapho iSiyoni, uphawu lweBandla, liba isikhungo segunya nokufundiswa zonke izizwe:
Ezinsukwini ezizayo intaba yendlu yeNkosi iyakumiswa njengentaba ephakeme kakhulu, iphakanyiswe ngaphezu kwamagquma. Zonke izizwe izogobhozela khona; izizwe eziningi ziyakufika zithi: “Wozani sikhuphukele entabeni kaJehova, siye endlini kaNkulunkulu kaJakobe ukuba asifundise izindlela zakhe, sihambe emikhondweni yakhe.” Ngoba ukuyala kuyaphuma eSiyoni, nezwi likaJehova eJerusalema. Uyakwahlulela phakathi kwezizwe, abeke imigomo kubantu abaningi. Bayakukhanda izinkemba zabo zibe-ngamakhuba, nemikhonto yabo ibe-ngocelemba; isizwe esisodwa asiyikuphakamisela inkemba kwesinye, futhi abayikuphinda baqeqeshele impi futhi. (Isaya 2: 2-4)
Impela, ezingeni elilodwa, iSonto selivele likhanya njengesibani seqiniso emhlabeni. Abantu abavela ezizweni zonke bagobhozele esifubeni sakhe ukuhlangabezana “nokukhanya komhlaba” kanye “nesinkwa sokuphila.” 
Kodwa umbono ka-Isaya unencazelo engokoqobo ejule ngokwengeziwe, lowo uBaba weSonto aqonda ukuthi ubhekisela ku “inkathi yokuthula”Lapho izizwe“ zizokhanda izinkemba zazo zibe ngamageja nemikhonto yazo ibe ngocelemba ”futhi“ zingayikuphakamisela omunye inkemba ”(bheka Ukuza KoMbuso KaNkulunkulu). Ngaleso sikhathi sokuthula, lokho obaba abakubiza ngokuthi "ukuphumula kwesabatha", iSonto "lizomiswa njengentaba ephakeme kakhulu futhi liphakanyiswe ngaphezu kwamagquma." Hhayi ngokwenkolo kuphela, hhayi ngokomoya kuphela, kodwa ngokweqiniso futhi ngempela.
“Futhi bayolizwa izwi laMi, futhi kuyakuba mhlambi munye nomalusi munye.” Sengathi uNkulunkulu… maduze angagcwalisa isiprofetho saKhe sokuguqula lo mbono oduduzayo wesikhathi esizayo ube ngokoqobo kwamanje… Kungumsebenzi kaNkulunkulu ukuletha lelihora elijabulisayo nokwenza laziwe kubo bonke ... Lapho lifika, lizophendukela ube yihora elinesizotha, libe linye elikhulu elinemiphumela hhayi kuphela ekubuyiselweni koMbuso kaKristu, kodwa futhi nasekuthuliseni… umhlaba. Sithandaza ngokuzimisela okukhulu, futhi sicela nabanye ngokufanayo ukuthi bathandazele lokhu kuxolelana okufiswa umphakathi. —I-POPE PIUS XI, Ubi Arcani dei Consilioi “Ekuthuleni KukaKristu eMbusweni wakhe”, Disemba 23, 1922
Kungalesi sikhathi lapho kokubili AmaJuda nabeZizwe bazofika bamukele iVangeli; ukuthi izizwe zizoba ngamaKristu ngempela, nezimfundiso zoKholo zibe ngumhlahlandlela wazo; futhi “umbuso kaNkulunkulu” wesikhashana uzosabalala uye emaphethelweni akude kakhulu.
Uhambo [lweSonto] futhi lunobuntu bangaphandle, obubonakala ngesikhathi nasendaweni lapho kwenzeka ngokomlando. Ngoba iSonto “limiselwe ukudlulela kuzo zonke izifunda zomhlaba futhi lingene emlandweni wesintu” kodwa ngasikhathi sinye “lidlula yonke imikhawulo yesikhathi nendawo.” —I-POPE JOHN PAUL II, I-Redemptoris Mater, hhayi. 25
Ngamafuphi nje, umhlaba uzoba “owamaKatolika” —ngokungokoqobo Jikelele. Ekhuluma "ngokuguqulwa okuthathu" kukaKhadinali Obusisiwe uJohn Henry Newman, uPapa Benedict kusanda kuphawula ukuthi owesithathu kwakungamukela ubuKatolika. Lokhu kuguqulwa kwesithathu, uthe, bekuyingxenye yezinye “izinyathelo ezihambisana nendlela yokomoya esikhathazayo konke. ” Wonke umuntu. Ngakho-ke, ukuphendula umbuzo wethu, ushintsho olunjalo emphakathini, noma ngabe lungaphelele — ukupheleliswa kuzofika kuphela ekupheleni kwesikhathi — akulona iqiniso kuphela, kepha kungabonakala kunjalo.
Siyavuma ukuthi umbuso sathenjiswa umhlaba phezu komhlaba, yize wawungakabi khona ezulwini, kuphela kwesinye isimo sokubakhona; ngoba kuzoba njalo emva kovuko lweminyaka eyinkulungwane edolobheni laseJerusalema elakhiwe ngokwaphezulu… —UTertullian (155-240 AD), Ubaba weSonto laseNicene; U-Adversus Marcion, Obaba be-Ante-Nicene, uHenrickson Publishers, 1995, Umq. 3, amakhasi 342-343); isib. IsAm 20: 1-7
KUQALA nje
Ukuphendula umbuzo wesibili, siphendule owokuqala: ivangeli likwenzile hhayi kushunyayelwe kulo lonke Konke umhlaba, ngaphandle kokungena kwezithunywa zevangeli ezingamaKristu. ISonto, njengamanje, alikaze lenze abafundi izizwe zonke. ISonto LamaKatolika alikasabalalisi ngokugcwele amagatsha alo kuze kube semikhawulweni yomhlaba, umthunzi walo wesakramente uwela kuyo yonke impucuko. Inhliziyo Engcwele kaJesu kusamele ishaye kuwo wonke umhlaba.
Umsebenzi kaKristu uMhlengi, ophathiswe iSonto, usekude kakhulu ukuba uphothulwe. Njengoba iminyaka eyinkulungwane yesibili ngemuva kokuza kukaKrestu ifinyelela esiphethweni, umbono jikelele wohlanga lwesintu ukhombisa ukuthi lo msebenzi usaqala nokuthi kufanele sizinikele ngenhliziyo yethu yonke emsebenzini wawo. —I-POPE JOHN PAUL II, URedemptoris Missio,n. 1
Kunezindawo zomhlaba ezisalinde ukuvangela kokuqala; abanye abayitholile, kodwa badinga ukungenelela okujulile; ezinye futhi lapho iVangeli lagxila khona kudala, zaveza isiko lobuKrestu beqiniso kepha lapho, emakhulwini eminyaka amuva nje — enezinto eziyinkimbinkimbi — inqubo yenkolo idale inkinga ebucayi yencazelo yokholo lobuKrestu ne okuyiBandla. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, uVespers Wokuqala weSolemnity kaSt. UPeter noPaul, ngoJuni 28, 2010
Kumuntu, iminyaka engama-2000 yisikhathi eside. KuNkulunkulu kufana nezinsuku ezimbalwa (cf. 2 Pt 3: 8). Asikwazi ukubona lokho uNkulunkulu akubonayo. Nguye kuphela oqonda ububanzi bemiklamo Yakhe. Kunohlelo lwaphezulu olungaqondakali oluye lwenzeka, lwenzeka, futhi olusazokwembulwa emlandweni wensindiso. Sonke sinengxenye okufanele siyidlale, noma kanjani 
okubalulekile noma cha kungavela (buka Ngingaba Ukukhanya?). Lokho kusho ukuthi, sibonakala sisemngceleni wenkathi enkulu yezithunywa zevangeli, "isikhathi esisha sentwasahlobo" seBandla emhlabeni… Kodwa ngaphambi kokuba kufike intwasahlobo, kukhona Winter. Futhi okufanele sidlule kuqala kuyo: ukuphela kwalesi sikhathi, nokuqala okusha.
Ngibona ukuqala kwenkathi entsha yezithunywa zevangeli, ezoba usuku oluqhakazile oluthela isivuno esiningi, uma wonke amaKrestu, kanye nezithunywa zevangeli kanye namasonto amancane ikakhulukazi, ephendula ngomusa nangobungcwele ezingcingweni nasezinseleleni zesikhathi sethu. —I-POPE JOHN PAUL II, URedemptoris Missio, n. 92
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