Oothixo Bamandulo Okanye Iidemon? Ukubhenca iMfihlo yeCawa
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Ubucwebe bembali yenkolo kunye nezifundo zobugqi butyebile ngamabali achukumisayo, akukho nanye ngaphandle ukuguqulwa koothixo bamandulo babe ziidemon yiCawa yamaKatolika. Le nkqubo ibangel’ umdla yayingengombandela nje wokuziphendukela kwemvelo ngokwasemoyeni, kodwa isiganeko esinamacala amaninzi esimiliselwe kwiingcambu zempucuko yabantu, imfundiso yezakwalizwi, kunye nezakhiwo zamandla. Olu phononongo lunzulu lujolise ekucazululeni izinto ezintsonkothileyo ezisemva kolu tshintsho, ukufumana imbali, inkcubeko, kunye nefuthe lezakwalizwi kuluntu lwamandulo kunye nolwangoku.
Ukuqonda okuphangaleleyo kombuzo wethu ongundoqo kufuna isiseko sokuqonda Imfundiso yezakwalizwi yamaKatolika. Ngokusisiseko, kufuneka siqonde iinkcazo zikaThixo needemon ngaphakathi kwesi sikhokelo sezakwalizwi. UThixo, kubuKatolika, unguMntu oPhakamileyo, umdali onamandla onke kubo bonke ubukho, nomfanekiso wokulunga nemfezeko. Ngokwahlukileyo koko, iidemon zigqalwa njengezithunywa zezulu eziwileyo, mibutho evukela ukuthanda kukaThixo nenenjongo yokulahlekisa abantu.
Isakhiwo seCawa yamaKatolika siyilwe ngokohlelo noThixo encotsheni, ilandelwa zizithunywa zezulu, iingcwele, nabantu, needemon ezilele kwincam echaseneyo yalo mmandla wesibhakabhaka. Undoqo wokukholelwa kuThixo omnye, apho kukho uThixo omnye ogqibeleleyo, ubalulekile ekuqondeni kwethu.
Iinkolelo zomoya zoluntu ziye zavela kakhulu ekuhambeni kwexesha. Ubukhulu becala abantu bamandulo babenqula oothixo abaninzi, benqula intlaninge yoothixo noothixokazi, ngamnye wabo ongamela iinkalo ezahlukahlukeneyo zobomi nendalo. Noko ke, njengoko iinkulungwane zaziqengqeleka, kwabakho utshintsho oluphawulekayo lokunqula uThixo omnye.
The ICawa yamaKatolika yaba nendima ebalulekileyo ekuqhubeleni phambili olu tshintsho. Okubalulekileyo kukuba, olu yayingelotshintsho nje lwenkolo; yayilinyathelo elinzulu lenkcubeko nezopolitiko. Ukudityaniswa kokholo phantsi koThixo omnye kwenza kwalula ngeCawa ukusebenzisa ulawulo nolawulo, nto leyo eyayibalulekile kwixesha apho iCawa yayingeloqumrhu lomoya nje kuphela, kodwa ikwanegunya elikhulu lobupolitika.
Kwinkqubo yenkolelo yamaKatolika, iidemon ngokwesiko zichazwa njengezithunywa zezulu eziwileyo, amaqumrhu avukela uThixo aza akhutshelwa ngaphandle ezulwini. Bakho ukuze balinge, bakhohlise, kwaye bakhuphe abantu kwindlela kaThixo.
Ngokuguqula oothixo bamandulo babe ngamaqumrhu eedemon, iCawa yafikelela kwiinjongo ezimbini ezibalulekileyo. Okokuqala, yanciphisa ngempumelelo impembelelo kunye nokuhenda koothixo bakudala ngokubadibanisa nobubi, ngaloo ndlela ukuqinisa amandla eBandla kunye nokomeleza ukukholelwa kuThixo omnye. Okwesibini, yanika ingcaciso yezakwalizwi ngokubandezeleka nesihendo abantu abasifumana kubomi babo basemhlabeni.
Ukuguqulwa kwezithixo zamandulo zibe ziidemon akuyongcamango engabonakaliyo, kodwa yinto ebonakalayo enokulandelwa kwiingxelo zembali kunye neetekisi zonqulo. Ngokomzekelo, uthixo wamaGrike uPan, ntlandlolo owayenqulwa njengothixo ongumfundisi onxulumene nendalo nezilwanyana zasendle, ngokuthe ngcembe waphenjelelwa ziidemon waza wanxulunyaniswa nomfanekiso kaSathana. Oothixokazi bamandulo benzala, imiqondiso yentabalala nobomi, bafaniswa nee<em>succubi, iidemon ezaziwa ngokulukuhla abantu.
Olu tshintsho lwangabom yayisisicwangciso esibaliweyo seCawe ukuqhawula amaqhina phakathi kwabantu neenkolelo zabo zakudala zasemoyeni. Oothixo bamandulo, ababefudula beyimithombo yentlonipho nothando, ngoku baba ngumqondiso woloyiko, wesono nobubi.
Njengegcisa lobugqi nam, olu tshintsho lubambe umtsalane othile. Ubugqi bunika imbono eyahlukileyo koothixo bamandulo. Kunokuba zigqalwe njengemibutho engendawo, zihlonelwa njengemifuziselo yeenkalo ezahlukahlukeneyo zobomi nendalo, njengemijelo yamandla nobulumko obungasetyenziswanga.
Ukuzekelisa le ngongoma, makhe ndabelane ngeanecdote yam. Ebudeni bephulo lam lokuqala lobugqi, ndatsaleleka ngokukhethekileyo kuthixo wamaGrike uHermes, owaziwa ngokuba ngumthunywa wezithixo nomxhasi wabahambi namasela. Kunokuba ndibe nobudemon esi sithixo, ndafumanisa ukuba imfundiso engqongwe nguye ingumthombo otyebileyo wobulumko nokhokelo.
Le anecdote igxininisa i-crux ye isyncretism phakathi kwezithethe ezahlukeneyo zomoya, kuquka ubuKatolika neenkolelo zobuhedeni. Ukusebenzelana nemimoya ngokufuthi kubandakanya ukunqula ezi zithixo, kungekhona njengeedemon kodwa njengoko zazihlonelwa ngokwesithethe sazo santlandlolo.
Impembelelo yolu tshintsho lwembali idlulela ngaphaya kwemida yonqulo. Inegalelo elikhulu kwizinto zokomoya zale mihla, kwaye iye yangena kuncwadi lwethu, ubugcisa kunye nenkcubeko edumileyo. Ukusuka kwiincwadi ukuya kwimiboniso bhanyabhanya eyi-blockbuster, umfanekiso wothixo wamandulo owayenedemon ukho kuyo yonke indawo, unxibelelana nomtsalane wethu ekwabelwana ngawo ngabantu bezulu kunye nobubi.
Mhlawumbi eyona ntsingiselo inzulu ixhomekeke kukunyamezelana nokwahlukahlukana konqulo. Inkqubo yokwenziwa kweedemon koothixo bamandulo yayiyindlela yolawulo lokomoya, iqhinga lokubekela bucala iinkolelo nezithethe zakudala, nokuqinisekisa ukongama kwemfundiso yeCawa yokukholelwa kuThixo omnye. Lo mcimbi ubonelela ngophononongo olunyanzelekileyo malunga nefuthe le-hegemony yokomoya, igxininisa ukubaluleka kwengxoxo yeenkolo kunye nokuhloniphana.
Ukutyhila ukuguqulwa koothixo bamandulo ukuba babe ziidemon yiCawa yamaKatolika kufana nokulandela iindlela zelabyrinthine zempucuko yabantu. Libali lamandla, ulawulo, kunye nendaleko yokomoya. Ngokusiqonda esi siganeko, sifumana ukuqonda okuxabiseke kakhulu kunxibelelwano oluntsonkothileyo lwenkolo, ezopolitiko, kunye nenkcubeko, kunye nendlela ezithi ngokudibeneyo zibumba ngayo iimbono zethu ngokulungileyo nokubi.
Olu hambo lokutyhubela iinkulungwane lusikhanyisela ngempembelelo ehlala ihleli yoothixo bamandulo. Ngaphandle kobudemon, la maqumrhu ayaqhubeka nokuyalela intlonipho kwiinkcubeko ezahlukeneyo kunye neenkqubo zeenkolelo kwihlabathi liphela. Oku kuyinyaniso ngokukodwa kwizenzo zobugqi apho le mibutho yamandulo ibhengezwa yaye ihlonelwa, kungekhona njengemifanekiso yeedemon, kodwa njengemiqondiso enamandla yeenkalo ezahlukahlukeneyo zobomi nobukho.
Ilifa lezi zithixo zamandulo ligxininisa ukubaluleka kwenkcubeko kunye nokomelela kwezenzo zomoya zemveli. Ukubaluleka kwawo okuqhubekayo kuqhubeka kuphembelela iincoko ngembali yonqulo, kuphembelela izenzo zokomoya zale mihla, nokukhuthaza iincwadi zamabali nobugcisa. Le ngxelo yembali ayiyonto nje yakudala; yingxoxo eqhubekayo, ingqina lemeko ehlala iguquka yeenkolelo zoluntu kunye nobumoya.
Nokuba ungumlandeli weCawa yamaKatolika, igqirha, okanye umntu onomdla kwimbali yeenkolo, esi sihloko sisinika sonke into esinokuyicingisisa ngayo: amandla ahlala ehleli enkolelo, ukuba manzi kobuthixo nobudemon, kunye neendlela ezinzulu ikamva lethu lokomoya eliqhubeka ngayo ukubumba ngoku nakwikamva lethu.
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