Ubhaptizo lomntwana ngenye yezimiso ezingcwele ezisixhenxe zeCawa yamaOthodoki apho umzimba womntwana ungena emanzini kathathu ukuze uhlambuluke kwisono saqala kunye nazo zonke izono ezenziwe ngaphambi kokuba ubhaptizwe. Ngelo xesha, amagama oBathathu Emnye-uBawo kunye noNyana kunye noMoya oyiNgcwele bayabizwa. Ukuthatha inxaxheba kwiSigramente yobhaptizo, abazali bomntwana bakhetha oomama-ntombi-unina noyise. Oomama-ntombi bazithathela iimbopheleleko zokufundisa umntwana ekukholweni kuThixo, ukunyaniseka nokuhlonela.
Ngaba kunokwenzeka ukuba ubhaptize umntwana kumfazi okhulelweyo, kungeyona imeko yakhe umqobo ekuphunyezweni kweSigramente yobhaptizo - siya kuzama ukuphendula le mibuzo kwinqaku lethu.
Kutheni ungabhaptizi umfazi okhulelweyo?
Kwinkqubo yesonto, akukho mfundiso yeBhayibhile yokuba abafazi abakhulelweyo abanako ukubhaptiza umntwana. Injabulo yeCawa ibangelwa kukuba umntwana ozalwayo uza kuthatha lonke ixesha elikhululekile kunye nothando oluvela kumama omncinci, kunye nosana, olususwe kwipolisi, luya kushiywa ngaphandle kokunyamekela. Kufanelekile ukukhumbula ukuba oothixo akayiyo kuphela imilinganiselo yempahla kunye nezipho zokuzalwa kwakhe, kwindawo yokuqala - lo ngumama wesibini. Emva kwakho konke, oothixo babantu bangqina beSigramente yobhaptizo, abaphathiswe ngokholo lukaThixo, kwaye banyanzelekile ukuba bamfundise kwimimiselo yobomi bobuKristu. Ngako oko, izibambiso eziphambili ekukhetheni oothixo ba:
- nayiphi na inkolo yabo: ukungakholelwa kuThixo, i-Islam, ubuYuda, ubuBuddha;
- Indoda nomfazi wentsapho enye;
- oothixo abangabhaptizwanga.
Ngoko, iCawe ibona njengephutha ingxelo yokuba abafazi abakhulelweyo abanako ukubhaptiza umntwana. Icawa yamaOthodoki inika kuphela iziphakamiso zayo - ukuba ucinga ntoni ngaphambi kokuba wenze isigqibo esibalulekileyo. Xa iSigramente yobhaptizo senziwa kwintombazana yentombazana, ngokwemithetho yecawa, unkulunkulu ugcina umnina-ntolongo kakhulu, kwaye umfazi okhulelweyo kunzima kakhulu, ngakumbi kwiinqanaba zokugqibela zokukhulelwa. Ukuba umfazi okhulelweyo unikezelwa ukubhaptiza inkwenkwe, ngoko akukho bunzima, kuba umnqamlezo awubalulekanga kubhaptizo lwakhe.
Kwimeko apho abazali beentombazana bebanqwenela ukuba umfazi okhulelweyo ubhaptize umntwana, kunye nemvume yombingeleli, akanako ukuya kweso sikhokelo (kodwa kubhalwe kwiimpepha), umakhulu kufuneka athathe amafayili ngaphandle komntwana.
Ndiyakubhaptiza umntwana okhulelwe?
Umntu okhulelweyo unokubhaptizwa, ukuba umfazi uvakalelwa kakuhle, akaqinisekanga ukuba akayi kumncenga ukunakwa kukaThixo, kwaye uya kuba ngumhlobo wakhe oyinyaniso ebomini.
Ngaba abantu abakhulelwe babhaptizwa?
Owesifazane okhulelweyo akakwazi nje ukubhaptiza umntwana, kodwa ubhaptizwe ngokwakhe, ukuba akabhaptizwa ngaphambili. Ababingeleli abenza umkhosi weSigramente ye-Epiphany bathi abantwana bafazi abanjalo bazalwa beqinile kwaye banempilo.
I-christening yinto enomusa kwaye enomdla, ngoko kutheni umfazi okhulelweyo akufanele athathe inxaxheba kwisithethe esihle kangaka? Abaprofeti bathi yona kunye nekamva lakhe liza kuxhamla kuphela.