Isithethe sokumisela isibonakaliso somnqamlezo sasivela kwixesha elikude, eBhayibhileni, xa bambethelela uYesu Kristu ngenxa yezono zabantu. Le nyathelo ngumnqweno wobhaptizo ukubonisa ukubonga kuKristu ngenxa yokuzidela ngenxa yosindiso lwethu, nokholo emandleni oBungcwele obuthathu: uYise, uNyana kunye noMoya oyiNgcwele. Umnqamlezo ngumxholo oyingqayizivele wemfundiso yobuKristu - iCredit. Kunzima ukugqithisa amandla omnqamlezo, njengoko ngokwezithethe zabangcwele, ngoncedo lwawo, iziqhwithi zanyanzelwa, zicima izixhobo zomlilo, zivalile umlomo wezilwanyana kwaye zenza izidumbu ezibulalayo. Senza lo msebenzi ukuze siphumelele iingcamango ezingcolileyo, ukunyaniseka kunye nokuthunjwa, imimoya emibi.
Kulungile ukuba njani amaKatolika abhaptiziweyo?
Kwikholo yamaKatolika akukho mithetho eqinile ekusebenziseni umqondiso wesiphambano, ingahluka, kuxhomekeka kwizithethe zendawo ethile.
Ngokomzekelo, amaKatolika aseGrike abhaptizwa ngendlela efanayo nabameli beemfundiso zobuKristu, ukusuka phezulu, ukusuka ngasekunene kwegxala ukuya kwesobunxele. Ngelo xesha, amaKatolika amaRoma akwenza oko ngendlela yawo, ukusuka phezulu ukuya phezulu, emva kwegxala elingasekhohlo, kwaye emva kwayo kulungile, ngoxa iminwe ifakwe ngezindlela ezahlukeneyo, ucinezela isalathisi, isithupha kunye nomnwe ophakathi, kunye nezo zibini zihleli zidibene kunye. Kwakhona, ukhetho lwesibini luvunyelwe, umlenze ugxininiswe kummandla omkhulu, kwaye iminwe ephakathi kunye neenkcukacha zivaliwe, ziqondiswe ngqo. Kukho uhlobo lwesithathu - xa yonke iminwe emihlanu ingahlanganiswa ngokugcwele kwi-pinch.
KwiLatin America, ukugqiba ukukhwela, kuyinto yesiko ukufaka iminwe emlonyeni kwisithupha.
Indlela yokubhaptiza ngokufanelekileyo?
Ukuthatha isithethe sokubhaptizwa, imfuneko ebalulekileyo kukuba ukwenze ngeengcamango ezicacileyo, ngentliziyo yakho yonke, uzifunela wena kunye nezihlobo zakho kuphela, kodwa kungeyona impahla, ukukholelwa ngamandla enkcubeko eyenziwa. Kubalulekile ukubamba iminwe yakho ngokuchanekileyo xa ubhaptizwa, iminwe emithathu yesandla sokunene-isimboli senkolelo kuBuqu-zintathu obusisibindi, sinyanzela iminwe yakho, sibonisa ukholo kwiZiqu zintathu ezingafaniyo kwaye kungabonakali, kwaye ukunyanyelwa kweminwe kuyisimboli sokubona ukuba uZiqu-zintathu ulinganayo. Eminye iminye iminwe emibini, uphawu lokuba kukho izilwanyana ezimbini eziphilayo kuYesu: uThixo kunye nomntu, ecinezela iminwe emibini yomnwe omncinci kunye nomnwe ongaziwa entendeni, kuthetha ukuvuma ukuba iNkosi ihla ezulwini evela ekusindisweni koluntu. Ngokubeka isiphambano, siqinisekisa ukholo lwethu eNkosini uYesu Kristu. Okokuqala, sifaka iminwe emithathu ebunzini, simcele ukuba angcwalise ingcinga yakhe nengcinga.
Ukuthinta isifuba, kwi-plexus yelanga, sikucela ukuba ulondoloze intliziyo yakho nemizwa yakho.
Ukubeka isandla sakho ehlombe lakho lokunene kunye nekhohlo, sikucela ukuba uqinise amandla akho kwaye ungcwelise izenzo ezilungileyo.
Kwakhona, akudingeki ukuba ugubungele iingalo zakho xa ubhaptizwa, kuba uSt. John Chrysostom uthe ngokunyuka okunjalo sivutha uThixo kwaye sivuya kwiidemon.
Ungabhaptizwa njani ngaphambi kokungena kwiCawa leOthodoki?
Ukubhaptizwa kuyimfuneko ngaphambi kokungena kwintsimi yecawa , ejongene necawa, ngoko phambi komnyango kwiCawa ngokwayo, kugqitywe ukuba ulungiselele umnqamlezo kathathu. Esinye isaphetha siyongezwa, ngoko sibonisa ukuthobeka, sivume ukuba sisone kwaye sizukise ubukhulu bukaThixo.
Ukuze uwele, uqokelele phakathi, isalathisi nesithupha sesandla sokunene kunye, kunye neenkcukacha ezibini eziseleyo, cindezela entendeni yesandla sakho, ngokunye ubeke isandla sakho ebunzini lakho, ukuya ngasezantsi, uze ube ngasehlombe lakho lasekunene nasekhohlo. Ukuqubuda emva komnqamlezo, kuqala, kunye neengalo zakho phantsi, ukukhothambela kumgangatho kwibhande, okanye kumgangatho. Kulo gumbi, kufuneka uwele phambi kwesibingelelo kunye neempawu ozisebenzisayo. Xa ushiya, yenza inkqubo efanayo, ngaphambi kokungena kwibandla kwaye ushiye ummandla.
Xa ulahle umnqamlezo, wenza imfihlelo ecacileyo yeNkosi, khumbula oku kwaye uyithathe ngokungathí sina, ngoko uya kufumana ukukhuselwa okufunwayo, ukuhlonela kunye nentsikelelo kaThixo.