Mamwe magwaro enhau anopupurira kuti vaapostora vane gumi navaviri, uye kunyange Mateo, uyo akatsiva Judhasi, vakanga vari vadyi vemirivo, uye kuti maKristu apakuvamba airega kudya nyama nokuda kwezvikonzero zvokuchena netsitsi. Somuenzaniso, St. John Chrysostom (345-407 AD), mumwe wevanyori vakatanhamara vechiKristu vomunguva yake, akanyora, kuti: “Isu, vakuru veChechi yechiKristu, tinorega zvokudya zvenyama kuti tichengete nyama yedu ichizviisa pasi . . . kudya nyama kunopesana nezvakasikwa uye kunotisvibisa.”
Clement weAlexandria (AD 160-240 BC), mumwe wevatangi vechechi, pasina mubvunzo aive nesimba guru paChrysostom, kubvira makore anoda kusvika zana apfuura akanyora kuti: Handinyari kuidaidza kuti “dhimoni redumbu,” rakaipisisa. zvemadhimoni. Zviri nani kuchengeta mufaro pane kushandura miviri yako kuita makuva emhuka. Naizvozvo, muApostora Mateo aingodya mhodzi, nzungu nemuriwo, pasina nyama. Mharidzo dzeNgoni, dzakanyorwawo muzana ramakore rechiXNUMX AD, dzinotendwa kuti dzakabva pamharidzo dzeSt. Peter uye vanozivikanwa sechimwe chezvinyorwa zvekare zvechiKristu, kunze kweBhaibheri chete. “Mharidzo XII” inotaura nomutoo usina panikiro, kuti: “Kudya kusiri kwomuzvarirwo kwenyama yemhuka kunoshatisa nenzira imwe cheteyo kunamatwa kwechihedheni kwamadhemoni, navanyajambwa vako nemitambo isina kuchena, kubatanidzwa umo, munhu anova shamwari yamadhemoni.” Tiri ani kuti tiite nharo naSt. Peter? Uyezve, pane gakava pamusoro pekudya kweSt. Pauro, kunyange zvazvo asinganyanyi kukoshesa zvokudya muzvinyorwa zvake. Evhangeri 24:5 inotaura kuti Pauro akanga ari wechikoro cheNazareta, icho chainyatsotevera nheyo, kusanganisira kudya miriwo. Mubhuku rake rinonzi A History of Early Christianity, Mr. Edgar Goodspeed anonyora kuti zvikoro zvekutanga zvechiKristu zvaingoshandisa Evhangeri yaTomasi chete. Nokudaro, uchapupu uhwu hunosimbisa kuti St. Thomas akaregawo kudya nyama. Pamusoro pezvo, tinodzidza kubva kuna baba vanoremekedzwa veChechi, Euzebius (264-349 AD). BC), zvichireva Hegesippus (c. 160 AD BC) kuti Jakobho, anotorwa nevazhinji sehama yaKristu, akadzivisawo kudya nyama yemhuka. Zvisinei, nhau inoratidza kuti rudzidziso rwechiKristu rwakatama zvishoma nezvishoma kubva pamavambo acho. Kunyange zvazvo Madzibaba eChechi ekutanga aitevera kudya kwezvirimwa, Chechi yeRoman Catholic inogutsikana nekuraira vaKatorike kuti vacherechedze mazuva mashoma ekutsanya uye kusadya nyama neChishanu (mukurangarira rufu rwechibayiro chaKristu). Kunyange chirevo ichi chakadzokororwa muna 1966, apo Musangano weAmerican Catholics wakasarudza kuti zvainge zvakakwana kuti vatendi vasiye nyama chete neChishanu cheGreat Lent. Mapoka mazhinji echiKristu apakuvamba akatsvaka kubvisa nyama muzvokudya. Muchokwadi, zvinyorwa zvekereke zvekutanga zvinopupura kuti kudya nyama kwakabvumidzwa zviri pamutemo chete muzana ramakore rechiXNUMX, Emperor Constantine paakafunga kuti vhezheni yake yechiKirisitu yaizove yepasi rose. Umambo hweRoma hwakabvuma zviri pamutemo kuverengwa kweBhaibheri kwaibvumira kudya nyama. Uye vaKristu vanodya miriwo vakamanikidzwa kuchengeta zvitendero zvavo zvakavanzika kuitira kuti vadzivise pomero dzenhema. Constantine anonzi akarayira kuti mutobvu wakanyunguduka udirwe pahuro dzevari kubatwa nemhosva. VaKristu vomuMiddle Ages vakagamuchira vimbiso kubva kuna Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) yokuti kuuraya mhuka kwaibvumirwa nenhungamiro youmwari. Zvichida murangariro waAquinas wakapesvedzerwa nezvido zvake zvomunhu oga, sezvo, kunyange zvazvo akanga ari nyanzvi uye munzira dzakawanda achizvinyima, vanyori vake voupenyu vachiri kumurondedzera somufarirwa mukuru. Zvechokwadi, Aquinas ane mukurumbirawo nokuda kwedzidziso yake pamusoro pemarudzi akasiyana-siyana emweya. Akapikisa kuti mhuka hadzina mweya. Zvinokosha kuziva kuti Aquinas aionawo vakadzi sevasina mweya. Chokwadi, zvakapiwa kuti Chechi pakupedzisira akanzwira tsitsi uye akabvuma kuti vakadzi vachiri mweya, Aquinas nokuzengurira kurega, achitaura kuti vakadzi nhanho imwe yakakwirira kupfuura mhuka, izvo zvechokwadi havana mweya. Vatungamiriri vazhinji vechiKristu vakatora chikamu ichi. Zvisinei, nefundo yakananga yeBhaibheri, kunova pachena kuti mhuka dzine mweya: Uye kumhuka dzose dzapasi, nokushiri dzose dzedenga, nokuzvipenyu zvose zvinokambaira panyika, izvo mweya uri mukati mazvo. mupenyu, ndakapa miriwo yose minyoro kuti zvive zvokudya (Gen. 1: 30). Sekureva kwaReuben Alkelei, mumwe wenyanzvi huru dzemutauro weChihebheru neChirungu wezana ramakore rechi XNUMX uye munyori weThe Complete Hebrew-English Dictionary, iwo chaiwo mazwi echiHebheru mundima iyi nefesh ("mweya") uye chayah ("kurarama"). Kunyange zvazvo shanduro dzakakurumbira dzeBhaibheri dzichiwanzoshandura mashoko aya se“upenyu” uye nokudaro zvichireva kuti mhuka hadzina hako kuva no“mweya,” shanduro yakarurama inozivisa zvakapesana zvikuru: pasina panikiro mhuka dzine mweya, asi zvinenge maererano neBhaibheri. .