Kuthetha ukuthini ukubhaptizwa kwi-Orthodoxy?
I-sakramente, ephethe igama lobhaptizo , ibonisa ukuzalwa komphefumlo, ukunyanzela ukholo lobuKristu. Oku kuhlanjululwa kwezono, okuvela kwi-original, kunye nezo zenziwa emva kwakhe.
Ekubeni umntwana akanakulilahlela isono ngomthandazo, oothixo bamele bayenzele yona , kwaye kukufundiswa ngokomoya, ukuba umntwana aqaliswe ebandleni, ukuba bakhethwe, nangona abantu abaninzi bengayazi ngale nto, bekholelwa ukuba abazali ababini bafunwa kuphela ukunika izipho kuThixo.
Ngubani onokumenywa koothixo?
Kukho ezininzi iingcamango ezingavumelekanga ukuba ngabazali bakaThixo abangatshatanga, abangatshatanga abantwana babo ngokwesini, abakhulelwe. Kodwa ufanele ukwazi ukuba ukungavumelani okunjalo kuxazululwe ngqo ngumfundisi wecawa ekhethiweyo, eya kuqhuba i-rite. Ngokomzekelo, abanye abantu bavunyelwe ukuthatha unina ophethe umntwana, ngoxa abanye bechasene nayo. Kukho iqela elithile labantu abangenakukhethwa njengabafana. Ezi zi:
- Iimonki kunye namadoda.
- Indoda nomfazi okanye isibini siphila kunye okanye sizimisele ukusemthethweni ubudlelwane.
- Ongakholelwa kuThixo, ongabhaptizwanga.
- UYise okanye unina.
Bonke abanye bangaba ngabazali, kodwa ukuba bayathanda. Xa umntu enqaba okanye engabaza ukubhaptiza okanye engabhaptizi, kungcono ukuba angabinquli, kuba indima ka-godfather ekukhuliseni umKristu omncinci mkhulu kwaye kuya kuba yimpazamo ukukhetha umntu ongenakuqiniseka ngokukhetha kwakhe.
Babhaptiza njani intombazana?
Umcimbi wokubhaptizwa kwentombazana unemithetho yakhe kwi-Orthodoxy. Zilula kwaye zibilisa phantsi kweyona nto eyona nto ibalulekileyo kuye kufuneka ibe nguThixo. Ukuba akukho ntwana kaThixo, le meko ivumelekile kwaye akukho sizathu sokukhathazeka ngenxa yale nto okanye ukujonga umviwa kumzuzu wokugqibela.
Eli bhinqa unokutshata okanye engatshatanga, sele esene-godson okanye engenakho, ukhulelwe-konke oku kungabonakaliyo, kodwa into ebalulekileyo kukuba kufuneka abe ngumKristu oyinyaniso. Ukuba ngaba oothixo bababini, ke indoda leyo ibambe umntwana kwisigramente yobhaptizo ngaphambi kokungena kwifayili, kwaye umfazi uyithatha.
Babhaptiza njani inkwenkwana?
Kwi-Orthodoxy, umcimbi wobhaptizo lwenkwenkwezi luqulethwe kukuba yindoda ethatha umntwana ezandleni zombingeleli emva kokuhlamba kwifomthi kwaye emva koko uba nguyise wesibini. NguThixo ophika umtyholi ngo-godson wakhe kwaye ukususela kuloo mzuzu uba ngumxanduva lwakhe lophuhliso ngokomoya.
Ukwahlukana kwubhaptizo lwenkwenkwezana evela kwintombazana kukuba uziswa kwisibingelelo, nto leyo amantombazana nabasetyhini abakwazi ukuyenza, kuba amadoda kuphela afikelela kuwo. Umntwana ugcinwe kwisibambo - ingcezu yengubo okanye ithawulini abazali bakaThixo abanikezelayo kuThixo. Kwimimandla eyahlukeneyo kukho imigaqo engaqinisekanga - kwindawo ethile apho u-godfather onika zonke iimpawu eziyimfuneko zokubhaptizwa (kryzhmu, umnqamlezo, ishati yokubhaptizwa, uphawu), kunye nendawo apho uothixo eyenzela intombazana, kunye no-godfather kule nkwenkwana.
Imithandazo kunye nengxoxo ngaphambi kokubhaptizwa
Ngokwemigaqo, ngaphambi kokuba oothixo babesakuba ngabazali besibini bentsana kufuneka bafike kwingxoxo nombingeleli oya kubaxelela iingongoma eziphambili eBhayibhileni naseVangeli, bachaze indima yabo ebomini bomntwana, xelela indlela yokuziphatha kwi-sakramente.
Abaninzi bazame ukuphepha le nto, kuba bengazibalulekanga ukuba bachithe ixesha labo, kodwa oku akunjalo, kuba indlela yokubhaptizwa imele ibe yinto ebalulekileyo ukusuka kwicala elingokomoya. I-godfather yexesha elizayo kufuneka ifunde umthandazo othi "Uphawu loThemba", abaya kuphinda baphinde babe ngumbingeleli ngexesha le-sakramente.
Kukho iintempile ezinjalo apho kungekho mfuneko yokuxoxisana-konke kuxhomekeke kwi-abbot kunye nelungelo labazali-ukukhetha icawa labo abahlala kwiparadishi okanye ngubani oya kuthanda. Kunconywa ukuyivakashela kwangaphambili ukufumana zonke iinkcukacha zenkqubo yobhaptizo.