Eminye imibhalo yomlando ifakaza ukuthi abaphostoli abayishumi nambili, ngisho noMathewu, owathatha isikhundla sikaJuda, babengadli imifino, nokuthi amaKristu okuqala ayengayidli inyama ngenxa yokuhlanzeka nesihe. Ngokwesibonelo, uSt. John Chrysostom (345-407 AD), omunye wabalweli bokholo abavelele bobuKristu besikhathi sakhe, wabhala: “Thina, izinhloko zeSonto LobuKristu, siyakudeda ekudleni inyama ukuze sigcine inyama yethu ithobela . . . ukudla inyama kuphambene nemvelo futhi kuyasingcolisa.”
UClement wase-Alexandria (AD 160-240 BC), omunye wabasunguli bebandla, ngokungangabazeki waba nethonya elikhulu kuChrysostom, njengoba cishe eminyakeni eyikhulu ngaphambili wabhala: Anginamahloni ukulibiza ngokuthi “idemoni lesibeletho,” elibi kakhulu. lamadimoni. Kungcono ukunakekela injabulo kunokuguqula imizimba yakho ibe amathuna ezilwane. Ngakho-ke uMphostoli uMathewu wadla imbewu, amantongomane nemifino kuphela, ngaphandle kwenyama.” Izintshumayelo Zomusa, nazo ezabhalwa ngekhulu lesi-XNUMX AD, kukholakala ukuthi zisekelwe ezintshumayelweni zikaSt. Peter futhi zibhekwa njengenye yemibhalo yokuqala yamaKristu, ngaphandle kweBhayibheli kuphela. “INtshumayelo XII” isho ngokungananazi: “Ukudla inyama yezilwane okungekhona okungokwemvelo ngcolisa ngendlela efanayo nokukhulekela amademoni kobuqaba, izisulu zakho namadili angcolile, ahlanganyele lapho, umuntu eba umngane wamademoni.” Singobani ukuthi singaphikisana noSt. UPetru? Ngaphezu kwalokho, kukhona impikiswano mayelana nokudla kwaseSt. UPawulu, nakuba engakunaki kakhulu ukudla emibhalweni yakhe. Incwadi yeVangeli 24:5 ithi uPawuli wayengumfundi wesikole samaNazaretha, esasiyilandela ngokuqinile izimiso, kuhlanganise nokudla imifino. Encwadini yakhe ethi A History of Early Christianity, uMnu. U-Edgar Goodspeed ubhala ukuthi izikole zokuqala zobuKristu zazisebenzisa iVangeli likaTomase kuphela. Ngakho, lobu bufakazi buqinisekisa ukuthi uSt. UThomas naye akadlanga inyama. Ngaphezu kwalokho, sifunda kubaba ohloniphekile weBandla, u-Euzebius (264-349 AD). BC), ebhekise kuHegesippus (c. 160 AD) ukuthi uJakobe, othathwa abaningi njengomfowabo kaKristu, wagwema nokudla inyama yesilwane. Nokho, umlando ubonisa ukuthi kancane kancane inkolo yobuKristu yasuka ezimpandeni zayo. Nakuba oFata beSonto bokuqala babelandela ukudla okusekelwe ezitshalweni, iSonto LamaRoma Katolika lanelisa ukuyala amaKatolika ukuthi okungenani agcine izinsuku ezimbalwa zokuzila ukudla futhi angayidli inyama ngoLwesihlanu (esikhumbuzweni sokufa komhlatshelo kukaKristu). Ngisho nalomusho kadokotela wabuyekezwa ngo-1966, lapho iNgqungquthela YamaKhatholika aseMelika inquma ukuthi kwanele ukuba amakholwa angayidli inyama kuphela ngoLwesihlanu weGreat Lent. Amaqembu amaningi amaKristu okuqala ayefuna ukususa inyama ekudleni. Eqinisweni, imibhalo yesonto yakudala iyafakaza ukuthi ukudla inyama kwakuvunyelwe ngokusemthethweni kuphela ngekhulu lesi-XNUMX, lapho uMbusi uConstantine enquma ukuthi inguqulo yakhe yobuKristu izoba sezweni lonke. UMbuso WaseRoma wakwamukela ngokomthetho ukufundwa kweBhayibheli okwakuvumela ukudla inyama. Futhi amaKristu adla imifino aphoqeleka ukuba agcine izinkolelo zawo ziyimfihlo ukuze agweme ukusolwa ngokuhlubuka. Kuthiwa uConstantine wayala ukuba kuthelwe umthofu oncibilikisiwe emphinjeni kwabagwetshwe yimifino. AmaKristu eNkathi Ephakathi athola iziqinisekiso kuThomas Aquinas (1225-1274) zokuthi ukubulawa kwezilwane kwakuvunyelwe ngokuqondisa kwaphezulu. Mhlawumbe umbono ka-Aquinas wawuthonywe ukuthanda kwakhe siqu, njengoba, nakuba ayehlakaniphile futhi ngezindlela eziningi ezincisha injabulo, ababhali bakhe bomlando wokuphila kwakhe basamchaza njengomuntu othakazelayo. Yebo, u-Aquinas naye udume ngemfundiso yakhe ngezinhlobo ezahlukene zemiphefumulo. Waphikisa ngokuthi, izilwane azinayo imiphefumulo. Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi u-Aquinas naye wayebheka abesifazane njengabangenamphefumulo. Yiqiniso, njengoba iSonto lagcina lihawukele futhi lavuma ukuthi abesifazane basenawo umphefumulo, u-Aquinas wahoxa ngokungabaza, ethi abesifazane banesinyathelo esisodwa esiphakeme kunezilwane, ezingenawo umphefumulo. Abaholi abaningi abangamaKristu bamukele lesi sigaba. Nokho, ngokutadisha iBhayibheli ngokuqondile, kuba sobala ukuthi izilwane zinomphefumulo: Nakuzo zonke izilwane zomhlaba, nakuzo zonke izinyoni zezulu, nakuzo zonke izilwanyana ezinwabuzelayo emhlabeni, lapho umphefumulo ukhona. uyaphila, nganikela ngayo yonke imifino eluhlaza ibe ngukudla (Gen. 1: 30). NgokukaReuben Alkelei, esinye sezazi zezilimi zesiHeberu nesiNgisi ezinkulu kakhulu zekhulu lesi-XNUMX nombhali we-The Complete Hebrew-English Dictionary, amagama esiHebheru akuleli vesi athi nefesh (“umphefumulo”) kanye ne-chayah (“ophilayo”). Nakuba izinguqulo zeBhayibheli ezithandwayo ngokuvamile zihumusha le nkulumo nje ngokuthi “ukuphila” futhi kanjalo isho ukuthi izilwane azinawo ngempela “umphefumulo,” inguqulo enembile yembula okuphambene kakhulu: ngokungangabazeki izilwane zinomphefumulo, kodwa okungenani ngokweBhayibheli. .