Intsiba yepikoko inentsingiselo kubuKristu
Intsingiselo yepikoko eBhayibhileni kunye nesimboli.
Inkqubo ye- Umfuziselo wepikoko inde, ekubeni ubungangamsha bayo butsalele ingqalelo yomntu kakade kumaxesha adlulileyo. Nangona inxulunyaniswa nomxholo we Amampunge , Ipikoko, phantse kuzo zonke iinkcubeko, luphawu lwelanga oluhambelana ubuhle, ubuqaqawuli, ukungafi nobulumko .
Uvela eIndiya kwaye yayinguAlexander Omkhulu owamsa eNtshona kunye nentsingiselo yakhe eBhabheli, ePersi naseAsia Minor, eya eGrisi kwiXesha lesiqhelo. Isimboli yaso yelanga ngokungathandabuzekiyo inxulumene nomsila wayo omde wemibala kunye nemizobo yayo emile okwemehlo ethi, ngenxa yesimo sayo setyhula kunye nokuqaqamba kwayo, ikwadibanisa nobomi kunye nomjikelo ongunaphakade wendalo.
Ipikoko yintaka yesizwe yaseIndiya. KubuHindu, ipikoko isebenza njengentaba kaSkanda, uthixo wemfazwe. Izithethe ezininzi, ngakumbi emazantsi eIndiya naseSri Lanka zinxulumene nezithixo zalapha, ezimele umzekelo amandla endudumo.
Uninzi lwemidaniso yesintu yaseIndiya ibonisa amanyathelo aphefumlelweyo ngumdaniso wokuthandana kwepikoko. Inkolelo edumileyo yamazwe amaHindu ithi xa ipikoko ityhila umsila wayo iluphawu lwemvula. KwiGrisi yakudala, yayiyintaka yokomfuziselo kaHera, isithixokazi esibaluleke kakhulu samaGrike seOlimpus, umfazi osemthethweni kaZeus nothixokazi wabafazi nowomtshato.
Njengoko besitsho, uHera wayalela uArgos, isigebenga esinamehlo aliwaka, ukuba abukele omnye wabathandi bomyeni wakhe ongathembekanga kodwa wabulawa nguHermes. Xa uthixokazi weva ngokufa kweArgos,
ERoma, amakhosazana kunye neekumkanikazi bathabatha ipikoko njengophawu lwabo lobuqu. Ngale ndlela, ipikoko yadlulisela kwisimboli sobuKristu esihambelana kakhulu noThixokazikazi oMkhulu, ngenxa yoko akukho nzima ukuqonda unxibelelwano oluqinisekileyo kunye neNtombikazi kaMariya kunye nolonwabo lweParadesi.
Kwinkolo yobuKristu
Kwinkolo yobuKristu, ithathwa njengophawu lovuko lukaKristu kuba entwasahlobo, ngexesha le-Ista, intaka itshintsha ngokupheleleyo iintsiba. Ayisoloko imelwe inomsila wayo obekiweyo njengoko ingumfanekiso ocebisa into engento, umbono ochasene nothando kunye nokuzithoba komyalezo wobuKristu.
Ungayibona imizobo yenkulungwane yesine ngeli nani ecaweni yaseSanta Constancia, eRoma, nakwamanye amangcwaba amaKrestu.
Ngexesha likaKumkani uSolomon, iinqanawa zakhe zeTarsis zazihamba nemithwalo ye igolide nesilivere, iimpondo zeendlovu, neenkawu kunye neepikoko kuhambo lwabo lweminyaka emithathu. (1 Kumkani 10:22) Nangona ezinye zeenqanawa zikaSolomon zazihamba zaya eOfire (mhlawumbi, kuLwandle oluBomvu; 1 Kumkani 9: 26-28), kweyesi-2 yeziKronike 9:21 ukuthuthwa kwemithwalo ekhankanyiweyo kuyangqinelana- kubandakanya iipikoko - kunye neenqanawa ezaya eTarsis (mhlawumbi eSpain).
Ke ngoko, ayaziwa ngokuqinisekileyo apho iipikoko zazingeniswe khona. Kuyaphikiswa ukuba ezi ntaka zintle zizalelwe kwi-SE. ukusuka eAsia, kwaye kuninzi eIndiya naseSri Lanka. Kukho abo bakholelwa ukuba igama lesiHebhere (tuk · ki · yím) linxulumene negama elithi tokei, ipikoko kwiTamil yakudala. Iinqanawa zikaSolomon zazinokuzifumana iipikoko xa zenza indlela yazo yesiqhelo kwaye zime kwiziko lezorhwebo elithile elinonxibelelwano neIndiya.
Okubangel 'umdla kukuba umdlalo uBukumkani bezilwanyana uthi: Kangangeenkulungwane oososayensi bebecinga ukuba bekungekho zipikoko e-Afrika; Indawo yayo eyaziwayo yayiyi-Insulindia kunye ne-Southeast Asia. Inkolelo yezendalo yawa ngo-1936, xa ipikoko yaseCongo [Afropavo congensis] yafunyanwa eBelgian Congo (nguFrederick Drimmer, 1954, umq. 2, p. 988).
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