Isakramente yobhaptizo lwamabhinqa namhlanje lijikelezwe ubuninzi beenkolelo-ze. Abazali abaninzi, ukuphulaphula abahlobo babo kunye nezihlobo zabo, bafike kwisigqibo sokuba ngolo luthando baya kulondoloza umntwana wabo kwizifo, uya kulala ngakumbi kwaye abe noxolo. Enyanisweni, isakramente yobhaptizo lomntwana iqulethwe yingane engena kwiCawa. Lo mthendeleko uvumela umntwana ukuba athole kuNyana ubabalo lukaMoya oyiNgcwele. Kwakhona, ubhaptizo lunceda umntwana akhule ngokomoya, aqinise ukholo lwakhe nothando ngoThixo nommelwane.
Ngelishwa, abazali abaninzi babhaptiza abantwana babo, behlawula umvuzo kwifashoni. Ngaphandle kokungena kwisigxina sakwa-sakramente yobhaptizo lwasemantwaneni, abazali banako, ngokungafaniyo, ukuphula imithetho ethile yemicimbi, ebaluleke kakhulu kubantwana. Kwaye ekubeni isakramente yobhaptizo lomntwana kukuzalwa kwakhe kokomoya, kufuneka alungiselelwe kakuhle.
Ukulungiselela iSigrament of Baptism
Okokuqala, abazali nabaxhamli bexesha elizayo kufuneka ba tyelele ibandla apho ubhaptizo luya kuba khona. Ngokwenkonzo ngokwakho uya kuyidinga: umnqamlezo womntwana wakho, iikhati likaKristu, ithawula kunye namakhandlela. Zonke ezi zinto zingathengwa kwivenkile yecawa. Ngokwesiko, umnqamlezo kunye ne icon kunye nomfanekiso womphathi kunikwe umntwana ngoothixo bakhe. Ngaphambi kokubhaptizwa kwabazali kunye no-godfather, umntu kufuneka avume ebandleni aze athabathe isidlo.
Abazali bafanele bazi ukuba njengabanini-nkolo abangenako ukukhetha: iidonki, abantu abangaphantsi kweminyaka yobudala engama-13, abatshatileyo.
Isakramente yokubhaptizwa njani?
Umhla wokubhaptizwa wanamhlanje usekelwe kwinqanaba elivela eBhayibhileni, apho uYohane umbhaptizi wabhaptiza uYesu Kristu. Isakramente yobhaptizo lweintsana kukucwiliswa kathathu kwabantwana emanzini kunye nokuphindaphinda kwemithandazo ethile. Kwezinye iimeko, kuvunyelwe ukuthulula umntwana kathathu ngamanzi. Nantsi imigaqo yesigramente yobhaptizo lwabantwana ibonakala ngathi:
- Abazali kunye noothixo kufuneka babe ngamakholwa angamaKristu;
- oothixo mabaxelethe amagama amfihlo;
- Umntwana kufuneka abhaptizwe kathathu emanzini.
Kwixesha la mandulo, abantwana babhaptizwa ngomhla we-8 wokuzalwa. Kwilizwe lanamhlanje, ukuthobela lo mgaqo akuyimfuneko. Kodwa abazali abafuna ukubhaptiza umntwana ngomhla we-8, khumbula ukuba umfazi akavunyelwe ukutyelela icawa iintsuku ezingama-40 emva kokubeletha. Kule meko, umntwana usezandleni zikaThixo, kwaye umama umi ekungeneni kwecawa.
Ngexesha lokubhaptizwa, umntwana unikezwa igama elikhoyo kwiingcwele. Ngaphambili, kwakuyinto yesiko ukunika umntwana igama likaSanta, owazalwa ngosuku olufanayo. Namhlanje, umntwana unokubhaptizwa ngegama. Ukuba igama abazali abanike abantwana babo ekuzalweni alukho kwiBawo, ngoko umfundisi ukhetha igama eliqhelanisiweyo lokubhaptizwa.
Abantwana abangaphantsi kweminyaka engama-7 yokubhaptizwa badinga kuphela imvume yabazali babo. Ngeminyaka eli-7 kuya kwe-14 ukubhaptizwa, imvume yomntwana nayo iyimfuneko. Emva kweminyaka engama-14, imvume yabazali ayifuni.
Ngokubhekisele kwisigramente sokubhaptizwa, isakramente yokubhaptizwa senziwa. Ukunyuswa komzimba kuyimfuneko yokumanyanisa ngaphambi kokunxibelelana, okwenzeka ngomhla wokubhaptizwa, okanye emva kwexesha elithile emva kwayo.
Isakramente yobhaptizo lwamabhinqa yinto ebalulekileyo kwaye ingcwele, apho abazali kufuneka baphathwe ngabo bonke uxanduva. Ubhaptizo luvula umnyango womntwana kwihlabathi elingokomoya, kwaye kule nto udinga inkxaso kubazali bakhe.