I- Prepuce Engcwele

I- **Prepuce Engcwele**, noma i- **Holy** . ( Latin præputium noma i-  ), ingesinye sezinsalela eziningana ezashiwo uJesu, umkhiqizo wokusoka kukaJesu.Ezindaweni ezahlukahlukene emlandweni, amasonto amaningi eYurophu athi aphethe ijwabu likaJesu, kwesinye isikhathi ngasikhathi sinye. Kunikwe amandla ahlukahlukene okwenza izimangaliso.

## Izimangalo zomlando nezimbangi
Zonke Jewish abafana kudingeka umthetho wamaJuda ukuba asokwe ngosuku lwesishiyagalombili elandelayo lokuzalwa kwabo; Umkhosi Wokusoka KukaKristu, osagubha amasonto amaningi emhlabeni wonke, ngokufanelekile ungoJanuwari 1.ULuka 2:21 (King James Version), ufundeka kanje: "Kwathi seziphelele izinsuku eziyisishiyagalombili zokusoka kwengane, igama lakhe laqanjwa igama kwathiwa nguJESU, elabizwa kanjalo ngengilosi engakakhulelwa esibelethweni." Ukubhekiswa kokuqala kokusinda kwejwabu likaKristu elisikiwe kuvela esahlukweni sesibili se- Apocrypha ye- Arabic Infancy Gospel equkethe le ndaba elandelayo:

# Kwathi sesifikile isikhathi sokusoka, okungukuthi, usuku lwesishiyagalombili, lapho umthetho wayala ukuba umntwana asokwe, bamsoka emhumeni.
# Futhi isalukazi esingumHeberu sathatha ijwabu (abanye bathi bathatha inkaba-inkambo), baligcina ebhokisini le-alabhasta lamafutha amadala enadi.
# Wayenendodana eyayinenkinga yezidakamizwa, athi kuyo, "Qaphela ungathengisi leli bhodlela le-alabhaste lamafutha enadi, nakuba ubunganikelwa ngalo odenariyu abangamakhulu amathathu."
# Manje leli yibhokisi le-alabhasta uMariya isoni alithengile, futhi wathela ngalo amafutha ekhanda nasezinyaweni zeNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, walisula ngezinwele zekhanda lakhe. 

UDavid Farley ulandisa ukuthi ijwabu laphangwa kanjani ngesikhathi seSack of Rome ngo-1527. Isosha laseJalimane elalintshontsha labanjwa esigodini saseCalcata, 47&nbsp;km enyakatho neRoma, kamuva ngawo lowo nyaka.Yakhiwe eCalcata, yahlonishwa kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuqhubeke, neSonto ligunyaza ubuqiniso ngokunikela ngeminyaka eyishumi ukuzitika kwabahambi .AmaPilgrim, izindela nezindela batheleka esontweni, futhi "iCalcata [yaba] yindawo okumele ibonwe ebalazweni lokuhambela."Ijwabu kuthiwa labiwa ngumfundisi wendawo ngo-1983. 

Kodwa-ke, ngo-1905, uPapa Pius X wagunyaza uhlu lwempahla olwenziwa uProfesa Hartmann Grisar, wase-University of Innsbruck. Umbiko kaGrisar uhambelana ne- *Descriptio laternansis Ecclesia yangaphambili* .Isiphambano segolide sasingesaphakathi kwekhulu lesithupha nelesishiyagalombili.Ucwaningo lukaGrisar luthi, njengesiphambano sikaPapa Paschal esenziwe ngamatshe esiliva, isiphambano segolide esenziwe ngegolide kusobala ukuthi ekuqaleni sasiklanyelwe ukubamba izinsalela ze-True Cross.Lokhu kubuye kusekelwe isitatimende ku *Descriptio* eziphathelene yona udwendwe ku umkhosi Ekuphakanyisweni Wesiphambano oNgcwele. *IVita* kaPapa Sergius I (687-01) ibalula ngazo zombili uMkhosi Wokuphakanyiswa, isiphambano esiyigugu, kanye nokuhlonishwa kwengcwele ekulo. U-Grisar ubhekise ekubhekisweni kwejwabu kanye ne-umbilicus njengoba kususelwa kumasiko akudala aseNkathi Ephakathi.Isiphambano segolide salahleka ngo-1945. 

## Ukuhamba kwezinsalela
UMary Dzon uthi kubantu abaningi ngesikhathi sangeNkathi Ephakathi, ukuzinikela ku-Holy Prepuce kukhombisa ukugxila ebuntwini bukaJesu. 

Ngokusho kukaFarley, "Ngokuya ngalokhu okufundile, bekukhona amajwabu angcwele ayisishiyagalombili, ayishumi nambili, ayishumi nane, noma ngisho ayi-18 emadolobheni ahlukahlukene aseYurophu ngeNkathi Ephakathi." Ngaphezu kwe-Holy Foreskin yaseRoma (kamuva eyiCalcata), abanye abafaka izicelo babandakanya iCathedral yaseLe Puy-en-Velay, iSantiago de Compostela, idolobha lase- Antwerp, iCoulombs esifundeni saseChartres, kanye neChartres uqobo, namasonto e Besançon, Metz, Hildesheim, Charroux.Ama-Conques, amaLangres, i- Fécamp, namabili e- Auvergne .

Esinye sezibikezelo ezidume kakhulu safika e-Antwerp eBrabant ngo-1100 njengesipho esivela enkosini uBaldwin I waseJerusalema, eyasithenga eZweni Elingcwele ngenkathi yempi yokuqala.Lesi simemezelo saziwa lapho umbhishobhi waseCambray, ngesikhathi kugujwa iMisa, ebona amaconsi egazi amathathu esula izindwangu ze-altare.Kwakhiwa isonto elikhethekile futhi kwahlelwa udwendwe lokuhlonipha ithempeli eliyisimangaliso, elaba yinhloso yokuhambela izindawo ngezindawo.Ngo-1426 kwasungulwa ubuzalwane *ethempelini elikhulu "van der heiliger Besnidenissen ons lief Heeren Jhesu Cristi in onser liever Vrouwen Kercke t 'Antwerpen"* ; amalungu ayo angama-24 wonke ayengababhishobhi futhi engabantu abavamile nje.Insalela yanyamalala ngo-1566, kodwa isonto lisekhona, lihlotshiswe ngamafasitela amabili anengilazi anikelwe yinkosi uHenry VII waseNgilandi nomkakhe u-Elizabeth waseYork ngo-1503.

I- abbey yaseCharroux ithi i-Holy Foreskin yanikezwa izindela nguCharlemagne.Ekuqaleni kwekhulu le-12, yathathwa ngodwendwe iya eRoma lapho yethulwa khona phambi kukaPapa Innocent III, owacelwa ukuba anqume ngobuqiniso bayo.UPapa walinqaba lelo thuba.Ngesinye isikhathi, nokho, insalela yalahleka, yahlala ilahlekile kwaze kwaba ngo-1856 lapho isisebenzi esasilungisa i-abbey sathi sithole umuthi wokucasha ofihlwe ngaphakathi kodonga, oqukethe ijwabu elilahlekile.

Ngokusho kukaFarley, uMkhandlu Wesibili WaseVatican kamuva wasusa uSuku Lokusoka Okungcwele ekhalendeni lesonto lesiLatini, yize amaMpumalanga Katolika kanye NamaRoma Katolika Esintu besagubha uMkhosi Wokusoka kweNkosi yethu ngoJanuwari 1.  Empeleni, kwakuyiminyaka engaphezu kwemibili ngaphambi komhla ziyi-11 kuMfumfu 1962, usuku lapho kwaqala khona uMkhandlu Wesibili WaseVatican, lapho isimemezelo sika-25 Julayi 1960 sikaPapa John XXIII  senza ukushintshwa okubanzi kweKhalenda Jikelele yamaRoma, okubandakanya eguqula igama lomkhosi wango-1 Januwari ukusuka "ekusokeni kweNkosi naku- Octave of the Nativity " kuya ku- "Octave of the Nativity", kungashintshiwe ukufundwa kweVangeli ngokusokwa kwengane uJesu. 

## Imikhuba yesimanje
Iningi lama-Prepuces aNgcwele alahleka noma abhujiswa ngesikhathi seNguquko kanye Nenguquko yaseFrance . 

Emzaneni wase-Italiya iCalcata, itafula eliqukethe okucatshangwa ukuthi yi-Holy Foreskin lahanjiswa emigwaqweni muva nje ngo-1983 eMkhosini Wokusoka, owawumenyezelwa yiSonto LamaRoma Katolika emhlabeni jikelele ngoJanuwari 1 unyaka nonyaka.Umkhuba uphelile, noma kunjalo, lapho amasela entshontsha ibhokisi elinamatshe ayigugu, okuqukethwe nakho konke. Ukulandela lokhu kwebiwa, akucaci ukuthi ngabe kukhona yini ama-Prepuces okuthiwa angcwele asekhona.Ku-documentary yethelevishini ka-1997 yeChannel 4, intatheli yaseBrithani uMiles Kington waya e-Italy eyofuna i-Holy Foreskin, kepha akakwazanga ukuthola isibonelo esisele.NgoDisemba 22, 2013 iNational Geographic Channel yasakaza idrama ehambisana noFarley ebizwa nge "The Quest for the Holy Foreskin". 

## Ukuqanjwa kwemibhalo
Ngokomthombo wekhulu le-19 ongaqinisekisiwe,ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-17 umtapo wolwazi waseVatican uLeo Allatius wabhala incwadi  engakashicilelwa enesihloko esithi *De Praeputio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi Diatriba* ( *Ingxoxo Yesikhumba SeNkosi Yethu UJesu Christ* ), bethi iPucece eNgcwele yakhuphuka, njengoJesu uqobo, yaguqulwa yaba izindandatho zikaSaturn.

UVoltaire, ku- *A Treatise of Toleration* (1763), ukhulume ngokuhlonishwa kwe-Holy Foreskin njengenye yezinkolelo-ze "ezazinengqondo kakhulu ... kunokuzonda nokushushisa umfowenu". 

U-Umberto Eco, encwadini yakhe ethi *Baudolino*, unebhaudolino osemusha osungula indaba ngokubona ijwabu elingcwele nenkaba eseRoma enkampanini kaFrederick Barbarossa .

Ngo-2009, kwashicilelwa incwadi ethi Farley's *An Irreverent Curiosity: In Search of the Strangest Relic of the Church in the Oddest Town of Italy* yashicilelwa. 

Encwadini kaChuck Palahniuk ethi *Choke*, umlingiswa ophambili utshelwa ukuthi wabunjwa ngejwabu likaJesu.

*Ulysses* kaJames Joyce unoStephen Dedalus ozindla ngePropuce Engcwele ngenkathi echama noLeopold Bloom, esigabeni esithi "Ithaca".

Ku- *The Gospel According To Jesus Christ*, uJosé Saramago ubhala ukuthi noma ngubani "ofisa ukuhlonipha lelojwabu namuhla kudingeka avakashele kuphela isonto lesifunda saseCalcata ngaseViterbo e-Italy, lapho ligcinwa khona ukuze kube nenzuzo yokomoya yabathembekile nokuzijabulisa yokukholelwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu akekho. " 

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