UbuKristu

UbuKristu buyinkolo eqhamuka eMpakathi-Mpumalanga ekholelwa kuNkulunkulu oyedwa. Ihlukile kwezinye izinkolo eyihlobene nazo (ekuthiwa yizinkolo zika-Abrahama) ngokuba ikholelwa ekutheni uNkulunkulu unezinxenye ezintathu: uYise, iNdodana noMoya oyiNgcwele. UbuKristu bucike ekutheni uNkulunkulu iNdodana (owaziwa futhi njengeLizwi likaNkulunkulu) kwakunguJesu Kristu, owayengumuntu noNkulunkulu ngesikhathi sinye, owabethelwa esiphambanweni njengesinikelo sezono zabantu ukubasindisa ekubhubheni esiHogweni. AmaKristu bakholwa ukuthi uJesu Kristu waphawulwa eTestamenteni Elidala, impilo yakhe yalotshwa eTestamenteni Elisha, nokuthi uzobuya ahluthe abantu bakhe aphinde anqobe iSitha esiKhulu esizoletha izikhathi zobuhlungu emhlabeni.

Abafundi bakhe bashumayele ubuKristu eNdiya, eTophiya, eYuropu, naseMpakathi-Mpumalanga. Bebacindezelwa ngamaJuda namaRoma. iNkosi yamaRoma, uConstantine oMkhulu waphendukela ebuKristini futhi waqeda ukucindezelwa kwamaKristu embusweni wamaRoma. iNkosi yamaRoma, uTheodosius wokuQala, wamisa ubuKristu njengenkolo esemthethweni yaseRoma. Ngo-1045, amabandla waseMpumalanga wombuso wamaRoma (owaziwa namhlanje nge-Eastern Orthodox Church) aphule ubudlelwane namabandla waseNtshonalanga ngenxa yokuxabana nokuphikisana mayelana izindaba ezihlukile. Ngezi-1500, uMartin Luther, eJalimani, ubhikishe ibandla laseRoma ngenxa yokukhohlakala njengokudayisa insindiso —ngalokho kwasungulwa ibandla ekuthiwa lama-Protestant.

UbuKristu bulethwe eNingizimu Afrika ebantwini abansundu ngabelungu baseNetherlands ngezi-1650 abalethe i-Dutch Reformed Church. Incwadi yokukholwa yobuKristu, iBhayibheli, yahumushwa ngesiZulu ngezi-1880. AbaNgisi balethe i-Anglicanism ngezi-1790. Ibandla lokuqala lobuKristu eNingizimu Afrika elisungulwe ngabantu abansundu kwakuyi-Thembu National Church. Ibandla le-Zion Christian Church, elasungulwa ngezi-1920 ngu-Engenas Lekganyane liyibandla elinkulu kunazo zonke eNingizimu Afrika ngobuningi bamalunga wayo. Namhlanje, ubuKristu yinkolo yokuqala ngobuningi lwenani labantu abakholelwa kuyo; Islamu ilandela ngasemuva. UbuKristu bubalulekile eNingizimu Afrika, ngesibonelo, izintsuku zePhasika neKhisimusi sigujwa isizwe sonke.
Umlando
uJesu wayezalwa iminyaka eyindlula izinkulungwane ezimbili ezandlule eJudeya owabulawa ngemva kweminyaka engamashumi amathathu. Abacwaningi bayavumelana ukuthi wayengumuntu ngempela futhi wayeshumeyela eJudeya, eSamariya naseGalili, futhi bayavumelana ukuthi wabulawa. Kodwa, bayaphikisana ngokuthi wayeyenza izimanga, ukuthi wayenyukela ezulwini noma ukuthi wavuka kwabafileyo. Noma kunjalo, abafundi bakhe bashumayela ngaye emazwini ekude. uJakobe, uJohane noPhitha bahloma amabandla eJudeya naseSiriya njengezintsika ezintathu zokuqala zebandla yobuKristu. Amalungu webandla lasekuqaleni wayengamaJuda kodwa abasemazweni ebabemusaba uNkulunkulu babefuna ukuphendukela ebuKristini nokungena ebandleni likaJesu. Lokhu kwadalela amaKristu abengamaJuda izinkinga ngoba bebaphoqelela ukuthi abantu landele imigomo, amasiko nemithetho yamaJuda.

uPawuli owayengummeli owagxeka futhi wahlukumeza abakholwa waphendukela ebuKristini ehamba emgwaqeni waseDamasiki. Ekungeneleleni kwebandla likaJesu, wayeletha ixazululo ekuhlanganeni kwamaJuda namaGreki abebangamakholwa, ngokufundisa ukukholwa kuJesu nokwamkelwa kwabantu abangasibona amaJuda ensindisweni. Imisebenzi yakhe yayibalulekile ekuhlukaniseni kwobuKristu nobuJuda nokuhlonywa kwamabandla embusweni wamaRoma ezindaweni ezifana nase-Efesu, eKorinte, eKolose, eThesaloniki nezinye izindawo. Kodwa, ekwandeni nokukhula kwebandla, abakholwa babehlukunyenzwa ngamaRoma: uPhitha, uFilipi no-Andrew babulawe ngokubethelwa eziphambanweni, uStefanu wabulawa ngokushaywa ngamatshe noJakobe, iNdodana kaZebedi owabulawa ngenkemba. 
INkosi uTiridates wesi-III umise ubuKristu e-Armenia njengenkolo ngokomthetho, ilizwe lokuqala emhlabeni elaphendukela ebuKristini eminyekeni eyingamakhulu amane ngemva kokuzalwa kukaJesu (AD). Kanye kanye, u-Constantine oMkhulu, iNkosi yamaRoma, yaqeda ukuhlukunyezwa kwamaKristu embusweni wakhe ngokukhipha isimemezelo saseMilani naseSerdica. uConstantine usebenza ukuhlanganisa uMkhandlu wokuQala waseNisiya ukuze kuxazululwe iminxabano yezenkolelo zamaKristu nokugxeka izimfundiso zeArianizimu (inkokelo engavumi ubuntathu bukaNkulunkulu).

iNkosi yamaRoma uTheodosius woku-I, umise ubuKristu njengenkolo esemthethweni yamaRoma. Ngenxa kwalokho ubuKristu banda ngokushesha eYuropu, neDuze-Mpumakanga naseNyakatho Afrika. UbuKristu bafika nasezindaweni ezikude naseRoma njengeThopiya, eNdiya, eGaliya, naseBulithani. Ngeminyaka eyingamakhulu ayinhlanu AD, umbuso wamaRoma wabhidlika ezingxenyeni zimbili zaseNtshona naseMpumalanga, kodwa ubuKristu babuqinile kangangokuthi uPapa (umbhishobhi omkhulu webandla labaKristu baseRoma) uLeo wayexoxisana namaHani namaVandali. AmaRoma waseMpumalanga (isiqonga sabo siseConstantinople) waqala ukuveza izimpawu zokuhlukana ngokuxabana namaKristu waseNtshonalanga mayelana ukuphathwa kwesonto nokuhlonishwa kwezithombe. 
Kusukela iminyaka eyingamakhulu ayisikhombisa AD kufikela iminyaka eyingamakhulu ayisishumi nantathu, kwakukhona ukuphikisana ngaphakathi kwabaKristu naseMpumalanga waseNtshonalanga, kodwa noma bezama ukukhulimisana ukuze kubenokuvumelwano, ibandla laseMpuma lashaya isicathulo phantsi eMkhandlwini wesiBili waseLyon nasemkhandlwini waseFlorence ukuthi ayisoze ithobele uPapa, umbhishobhi waseRoma, ngakho yaphula ubuhlobo, waguquka i-Eastern Orthodox Church. Eminyekeni eyingamakhulu eyishumi nanhlanu AD, uMartin Luther waloba iziMfundiso eziNgamashumi ayiSishiyagalolunye neSishiyagalolunye, ezasungula inguquko yabaphikisi (phecelezi, Protestant Reformation) ngenxa yokudayiswa kwokuxolelwa kwezono ngamaphristu.

AbaKhosana baseJalimani baphendukela ezimfundisweni zikaMartin Luther ngemva kokuxoshwa kwakhe nabafundi bakhe ebandleni labaKristu. Futhi, iNkosi yamaNgisi, uHenry wesi-VIII walandela ezinyathelweni zabo ngokuba uPapa uClement wesi-VII wala ukumvulema ukuthi ahlukane nenkosikazi yakhe. Noma uMaria wamaSkoti waaza ukubuyisa ubuKatholiki (inkokelo yaseRoma), uLizabethi woku-I wabuyisa ubuProtestant mhla enyukela esihlalweni sobukhosi eNgilandi. Lokhu kudale izimpi nokuhlukunyenzwana ngaphakathi kwamaKatholiki namaProtestant.

eFulansi kwaqala isigameko esikhulu sokuqala esasongela ubuKristu eYuropu: abashokobezi abamenule umbuso wamaBourbon ngezi-1700 bachitha amandla nesikhundla sesonto embusweni waseFulansi. Lokho kwadala umbono ekutheni ukukholwa kufanele kuhlukaniswe nokubusa isizwe. AbaseMelika mabasungula Izizwe Ezihlangene zaseMelika, baqinisekisa ekushayuweni komthethosisekelo ukuthi umbuso ngeke umise iSonto linye njengenkolo esemthethweni yesizwe. Noma kunjalo, ubuKristu kwanda ngokunqotshwa ngabelungu kwabantu base-Afrika naseNingizimu Melika, naseKude Mpumalanga Eshiya.
Ngezi-1910, kwakukhona umbhali odumile weKomunizimu uKarl Marx owafundisa akuthi ukukholwa kuyisidakamiswa sokulawula iningi labantu. Lezimfundiso zatshenziswa ngamaKomunisti baseRashiya ukumenula iNkosi yaseRashiya, uNicholas wesi-II nokucindezela iBandla laseRashiya nasezizweni ebawanqobile aseMpumalanga Yuropu. UbuKristu bwanda ezizweni Futhi kwasungulwa amagatsha amasha njengobuPentecost. Ngezi-1900, uEngelas Lekganyane wasungula ibandla laseZayoni (Zion Christian Church) esifundazweni ekwakuseNyakatho Transvaal. U-Isaiah Shembe, owayaziwa njengeNyazi leZulu, usungule ibandla lamaNazaretha ngezi-1910, esifundazweni ekwakuseNatali.

 Izinkolelo 
UbuKristu bucike ezimvumeni ezichaza isisekelo senkolo yabaKristu. Eyokuqala ithi: "uJesu uyiNkosi". Elandelayo evunyelwe ngawonke amaKristu ibizwa ngeMvumo yeNkolo yabaPhostoli echaza izintsika zenkolo njengokulandelayo:

 Ukukholwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu uYise, ungumninimandla onke, ungumdali wezulu nomhlaba
 Ukukholwa ukuthi uJesu Kristu owazalwa yintombinto uMaria, waphila emhlabeni emsulwa, eshumayela ivangeli, wahlukinyenzwa nguPontius Pilatu, wabulawa, wehla kwabangasekho, wavuka kwabafileyo, wanyukela ezulwini lapho wahlala kwesasokudla sikaYise, uyakubuya ehlulele abantu bonke abasekhona nabangasekho
 Ukukholwa kuMoya oyiNgcwele
 Ukukholwa ebandleni lakhe elingcwele nokuhlangana kwabangcwele
 Ukukholwa ekuxolelweni kwezono, ekuphileni okomzimba, nasekuphileni obungunaphakade

Imvumo yakwaNisiya iqhubeka ukuchaza inkolo yobuKristu ngokwandisela iMvuma yabaPhostoli ngokulandelayo:

 uJesu Kristu nguyena yedwa ndodana kaNkulunkulu eyazalwa (engabumnjwanga) yintombinto uMaria, iLizwi likaNkulunkulu elaphenduka inyama
 Ngaye, uNkulunkulu uYise wadala konke okukhona, okubonakalayo nokungabonakali
 uMoya oyiNgcwele uphuma kuNkulunkulu uYise neNdodana, wembulela futhi wethulela abaphrofethi, ufanelwe ukudunyiswa, ngoba naye umunye, ufana, futhi ulingana noYise neNdodana.
 Kunombhabhadiso munye wokudedela izono zonke

iMvumo yakwaNisiya yaqiniswa yimvumo kawaThanasi egxila ebunyeni nakwebuhlukeni kwobuZiqu Zintathu bukaNkulunkulu njengokulandelayo ekutheni:

 Ongakholwi enkolweni yobuKristu uzakubhubha ngunaphakade
 uNkulunkulu munye ebuthathwini bakhe: uYise ongadalwanga, iNdodana ezwelwe noMoya oyiNgcwele uphumayo kuyena.
 Abasibona abonkulunkulu abathathu kodwa banguNkulunkulu munye, bahlukile kodwa bayalingana ebumninimadleni, ebungunaphakadeni, ebungcweleni, ebungadalwangeni. Akekho kubona olandela omunye — badunyiswa ngokufana, ukulingana nokubamunye
 uJesu: uqobo lwakhe kungubunkulunkulu nobuntu, ekuvela kuNkulunkulu uYise, noMaria uNina, uqobo lwakhe aluhlukaniswanga kodwa lumunye kuyena, olumsulwa, oluphelele, olungena sono noma cala.

 Iminqubo nemikhuba 
AmaKristu anemikhuba eminingi ehlukahlukene kodwa emqoka yilawa:
 Ukubhabhadisa: kuchaza ukuthela noma ukufafaza umuntu ngamanzi noma ukumjula emanzini ngomzimba wonke egameni likaYise, iNdodana noMoya oyiNgcwele (noma okunye okukhulunywayo ekuthe kufane nalokho), ukuze umuntu ahlanzeke ezonweni zakhe, evuke engumzalwane
 Ukudla isidlo seNkosi: kuchaza ukudla isinkwa newayini emele inyama negazi zikaJesu Kristu ukuba yisikhumbuzo sokuzinikela kwakhe ukuze izono zabantu zidedelwe.

Iminqubo elandelayo ivunyelwe ngamabandla athile njenge Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Lutheran Church, ne-Anglican Church:

 Umshado
 i-Penance: ukuvuma izono zakho kumfundisi noma ukuveza ukuzisola nokuphenduka ezonweni ngokwenza izenzo ezinhle.
 Ukugcoba abagulayo ngamafutha
 Ukuphelelisa umbhabhadiso owanyenzwa umuntu esemncane
 i-Ordination: Ukuqoka abafundisi namabhishobu ngokubagcoba ngamafutha ukuze bahlukaniselwe umsebenzi wokufundisa, ukuhola, nokunakelela abakholwa

AmaKristu aneminye imikhuba njengelandelayo:

 Ukuhlangana kanye ngeviki ngeSabatha ngoMgqibelo noma ngoSonto  ukukhonza, ukudumisa, ukufundiswa, nokugcinwa kweminqubo yebandla
 Ukugcina nokuguba izintsuku elingcwele njengePhasika neKhisimusi
 Ukusebenzisa, ukuqamba noma ukuhlonipha izimpawu njengesiphambano, intlanzi, Imvana ehlatshiweyo, nejuba eliphethe igatsha lomthi womquma

 Izibhalo 
Izibhalo ezinhloniphekile futhi ezivunyelwe zenkolo yiTestamente Elidala neTestamente Elisha ezihlangene encwadini nye: iBhayibheli. iTestemante yakudala ihlanganisa izibhalo zamaJuda. iTestemante yakudala ihlanganisa izincwadi eziyi-39 (lama-Protestant), 46 (lamaKatholiki) nezinye zamanye amabandla eziqoqiwe emikhakheni emithathu: Umthetho (ngesiHeberu iTorah, noma ngesiGreki iPentateuch), Umlando (kusukela incwadi kaJoshuwa kufikela incwadi kaEstheri), Inhlakanipho (kusukela incwadi kaJobe kufikela incwadi yoMshumayeli), naBaphrofethi (kusukela incwadi ka-Isaya kufikela incwadi kaMalaki). Kunezincwadi ezaziwa nge-Apocrypha (isiGreki esichaza "Izincwadi eziFihlekileyo") ezingavunyelwanga njengezibhalo ezingcwele kodwa noma kunjalo zingasetshenziswa ukufundiswa (ibandla laseRoma liwabiza ama-Deuterocanonical, lokho kuchaza ngesiNgisi izincwadi zokubili ezivumelekile). Ama-Protestant namaJuda wesimanje awazivumi lezincwadi.

ITestamente Elisha lihlanganisa izincwadi ezine zeVangeli (noma iziNdaba Ezinhle: ngokukaMathewu, ngokulaMarku, ngokukaJohane, ngokukaLukha), izincwadi zezenzo zabaPhostoli (iZenzo), izincwadi zikaPawuli kumaRoma, amaKorinte, amaHeberu namanye amabandla, izincwadi zikaPitha nabanye abafundi bakaJesu, ivale ngeSambulo sikaJohane. iTestamente Elisha ilotshwe ngomlando nezifundiso zikaJesu, izenzo nezehlakalo enzeke kubaPhostoli, nezimfundiso zabo, nesambulo sikaJohane uMbuli mayelana ukuphela kwendalo nokudalwa kabusha kwezulu nomhlaba. iTestamente Elisha ibhalwe kakhulu ngesiGreki esijwayelekile (i-Koine Greek) kodwa iTestamente yakudala ibhalwe ngesiHeberu nesi-Aramaic.
Izindawo zokukhonza
AmaKristu akholelwa ekutheni indawo engcwele yokuHlala kukaNkulunkulu kusemizimbeni yabantu abakholwayo. Noma kunjalo, abantu bakhe izakhiwo lapho bakhona ukukhonza behlangene: isonto noma enkonzweni. Isakhiwo lapho kufundisa umbhishobhi esihlalweni samandla sakhe sibizwa nge-Cathedral. Isonto elibalulekile elinikezwe isidima esingaphezu kwamanye amasonto ibizwa nge-Basilica. AmaKristu wokuqala wayehlangana ezindaweni ezihlukene njengezindlu zabantu, isibonelo indawo yokuqala lapho khona abaPhostoli behlelwa uMoya oyiNgcwele kwakusendlini kaMariya unina kaJohane Markhu esukwini elaziwa esikhathini samanje njenge-Pentecost. Abakholwa baseNingizimu Afrika, bakhonza ezindaweni ezihlukile njengasetendeni nasendle ehlathini kakhulu (lokhu kuvamile ebandleni lamaNazaretha, ibandla lamaPhostoli nebandla laseZayoni). AmaKristu akholwa ekutheni uJesu noMoya oyiNgcwele bakhona kunoma yiphi indawo njengoba lulotshiwe eBhayibhelini: "ababili noma abathu behlangene egameni [lakhe], uzakuba nabo" (ngokukaMathewu 18:20). Futhi bakholwa ukuthi kubalulekile ukuthi kube umkhuba ojwayelekile kubona ukuthi bahlangane njengoba bayalelwa nguPawuli (amaHeberu 10:24-25).

iSakhiwo sesonto sivame ukuba netafule lapho kubusiswa isinkwa newayini, eliyisikhumbuzo sokuhlatshelewa kukaJesu ngenxa yezono zabantu, eliyisifaniso setafule ethempelini laseJerusalema lapho Umpristi oMkhulu wayeletha isihlabelo sokuthi uNkulunkulu axolele izono zesizwe. Futhi, lesisakhiwo sivame ukuba nendawo ephakeme lapho umfundisi ethulela inkulumo khona. Amabandla anezindawo lapho abahlabeleli bama khona uma becula izingoma zokudumisa. Ezakhiweni zesimanje kungabakhona izinsimbi zomculo njengeziginci nezigubu.
Ezezibalo zabantu
Kunenani labantu abandlula izigidigidi eziyi-1.4 abakholelwa ebuKristini. Izizwe lakho kulandelwa ubuKristu ngobuningi kakhulu yilezi ezilandelayo: 
 Izinga Isizwe Inani labaKristu % labaKristu1IMelika 246,790,000 79.5%2IBrazili 175,700,000 81.6%3IMekisiko 107,780,000 95.0%4IRashiya 105,220,000 73.6%5iFilipinzi 86,790,000 93.1%6INigeria 80,510,000 50.8%7IShayina 67,070,000 5.0%8IKhongo-Kinshasa 63,150,000 95.7%9IJalimani 58,240,000 70.8%10INingizimu Afrika 52,886,000 85.3%
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