Religioolog Huston Smith popisuje, jak prvn\u00ed k\u0159es\u0165an\u00e9 \u0161\u00ed\u0159ili evangelium prost\u0159ednictv\u00edm sv\u00e9 radosti, a to nad r\u00e1mec konkr\u00e9tn\u00edch slov, kter\u00e1 vyslovovali:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Soucit, s n\u00edm\u017e se u\u010dedn\u00edci setkali v Je\u017e\u00ed\u0161i, byl mocn\u00fd \u2013 zv\u00edt\u011bzil nad v\u0161\u00edm. Toto p\u0159esv\u011bd\u010den\u00ed prom\u011bnilo asi tucet sklesl\u00fdch n\u00e1sledovn\u00edk\u016f zavra\u017ed\u011bn\u00e9ho a zdiskreditovan\u00e9ho v\u016fdce v jednu z nejdynami\u010dt\u011bj\u0161\u00edch sil v d\u011bjin\u00e1ch lidstva a ohniv\u00e9 jazyky, kter\u00e9 na n\u011b sestoupily o Letnic\u00edch, zap\u00e1lily st\u0159edomo\u0159sk\u00fd sv\u011bt. Lid\u00e9, kte\u0159\u00ed nebyli \u0159e\u010dn\u00edky, se stali v\u00fdmluvn\u00fdmi. Roz\u0161\u00ed\u0159ili se po cel\u00e9m \u0159ecko-\u0159\u00edmsk\u00e9m sv\u011bt\u011b a k\u00e1zali to, co se za\u010dalo naz\u00fdvat \u201eevangelium\u201c; v p\u016fvodn\u00ed \u0159e\u010dtin\u011b je tento v\u00fdraz \u201eDobr\u00e1 zpr\u00e1va\u201c. \u0160\u00ed\u0159ili sv\u00e9 poselstv\u00ed s takov\u00fdm z\u00e1palem, \u017ee ji\u017e v Je\u017e\u00ed\u0161ov\u011b generaci se uchytilo ve v\u0161ech v\u00fdznamn\u00fdch m\u011bstech regionu\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lid\u00e9, kte\u0159\u00ed sly\u0161eli Je\u017e\u00ed\u0161ovy u\u010dedn\u00edky hl\u00e1sat Dobrou zpr\u00e1vu, byli t\u00edm, co vid\u011bli, stejn\u011b ohromeni jako t\u00edm, co sly\u0161eli. Vid\u011bli prom\u011bn\u011bn\u00e9 \u017eivoty \u2013 mu\u017ee a \u017eeny, kte\u0159\u00ed byli ve v\u0161ech ohledech oby\u010dejn\u00ed, a\u017e na to, \u017ee se zd\u00e1lo, jako by objevili tajemstv\u00ed \u017eivota. Vyza\u0159ovali z nich klid, prostota a radost, s jak\u00fdmi se jejich poslucha\u010di nikde jinde nesetkali. Byli to lid\u00e9, kte\u0159\u00ed, jak se zd\u00e1lo, dosahovali \u00fasp\u011bchu v tom, v \u010dem by cht\u011bl usp\u011bt ka\u017ed\u00fd \u2013 v samotn\u00e9m \u017eivot\u011b.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Smith zd\u016fraz\u0148uje dv\u011b pozoruhodn\u00e9 vlastnosti, kter\u00e9 byly patrn\u00e9 u prvn\u00edch k\u0159es\u0165an\u016f:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jedn\u00edm z nejran\u011bj\u0161\u00edch pozorov\u00e1n\u00ed k\u0159es\u0165an\u016f ze strany n\u011bkoho zven\u010d\u00ed, kter\u00e9 m\u00e1me k dispozici, je: \u201ePod\u00edvejte se, jak se tito k\u0159es\u0165an\u00e9 navz\u00e1jem miluj\u00ed.\u201c Ned\u00edlnou sou\u010d\u00e1st\u00ed t\u00e9to vz\u00e1jemn\u00e9 \u00facty byla naprost\u00e1 absence soci\u00e1ln\u00edch bari\u00e9r; \u0161lo o u\u010dednictv\u00ed rovn\u00fdch. Byli to mu\u017ei a \u017eeny, kte\u0159\u00ed nejen \u0159\u00edkali, \u017ee v\u0161ichni jsou v Bo\u017e\u00edch o\u010d\u00edch rovni, ale tak\u00e9 \u017eili tak, jako by to mysleli v\u00e1\u017en\u011b. Tradi\u010dn\u00ed bari\u00e9ry rasy, pohlav\u00ed a postaven\u00ed pro n\u011b nic neznamenaly, nebo\u0165 v Kristu nebyl ani \u017did, ani pohan, mu\u017e ani \u017eena, otrok ani svobodn\u00fd. V d\u016fsledku toho, navzdory rozd\u00edl\u016fm ve funkci nebo spole\u010densk\u00e9m postaven\u00ed, bylo jejich spole\u010denstv\u00ed poznamen\u00e1no pocitem skute\u010dn\u00e9 rovnosti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jejich druhou charakteristickou vlastnost\u00ed bylo \u0161t\u011bst\u00ed. Kdy\u017e byl Je\u017e\u00ed\u0161 v nebezpe\u010d\u00ed, jeho u\u010dedn\u00edci byli znepokojeni; ale jinak bylo nemo\u017en\u00e9 b\u00fdt v Je\u017e\u00ed\u0161ov\u011b spole\u010dnosti smutn\u00fd. A kdy\u017e \u0159ekl sv\u00fdm u\u010dedn\u00edk\u016fm, \u017ee chce, aby jeho radost byla v nich, \u201eaby va\u0161e radost byla \u00fapln\u00e1\u201c, tento c\u00edl se do zna\u010dn\u00e9 m\u00edry naplnil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lidem zven\u010d\u00ed to p\u0159ipadalo nepochopiteln\u00e9. T\u011bchto rozpt\u00fdlen\u00fdch k\u0159es\u0165an\u016f nebylo mnoho. Nebyli bohat\u00ed ani mocn\u00ed a neust\u00e1le jim hrozila smrt. P\u0159esto v\u0161ak dos\u00e1hli vnit\u0159n\u00edho pokoje, kter\u00fd se projevoval radost\u00ed, kterou nebylo mo\u017en\u00e9 zadr\u017eet. Mo\u017en\u00e1 by bylo vhodn\u011bj\u0161\u00ed slovo \u201ez\u00e1\u0159iv\u00fd\u201c. \u201eZ\u00e1\u0159e\u201c nen\u00ed zrovna slovo, kter\u00fdm by se charakterizoval b\u011b\u017en\u00fd n\u00e1bo\u017eensk\u00fd \u017eivot, ale \u017e\u00e1dn\u00e9 jin\u00e9 slovo tak dob\u0159e nevystihuje \u017eivot t\u011bchto prvn\u00edch k\u0159es\u0165an\u016f.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Huston Smith, The Soul of Christianity: Restoring the Great Tradition<\/em> (HarperOne, 2009), 76, 78\u201379.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Image credit and inspiration<\/strong>: Brice Xerty, untitled <\/em>(detail), 2023, photo, India, Unsplash<\/a>. Click here to enlarge image<\/a>. Like these tree rings, the early church\u2019s imperfect but living community grows circles of love, joy, and fellowship through time <\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" prvotn\u00ed c\u00edrkev:
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