Itorero na Leta ku Rugamba

Itorero na Leta ku Rugamba
kandi bubi cyane nko muri icyo gihugu. Mu bikorwa Ubufaransa bwakoze byo gutoteza
ababwirizabutumwa bwiza, bwabambaga Kristo binyuze mu gutoteza abigishwa be.
Uko imyaka amagana menshi yajyaga ikurikirana ni ko amaraso y’abera yajyaga amenwa.
Mu gihe Abawalidense batangaga ubuzima bwabo bakicirwa mu misozi ya Piemont bazira
“ijambo ry’Imana no guhamya Yesu Kristo,” ni nabwo ubuhamya nk’ubwo bwo guhamya
ukuri bwatangwaga n’abavandimwe babo b’Abalibigense (Albigenses) bo mu Bufaransa. Mu
gihe cy’Ubugorozi, abagiye babuyoboka bishwe urw’agashinyaguro. Abami, ibikomangoma,
abagore b’abakomeye ndetse n’abakobwa b’inkumi b’indatwa, bose bagiye bashimishwa no
kureba umubabaro ukomeye w’abicwaga bazira Yesu. Abahugeno (huguenots) b’intwari,
barwaniraga uburenganzira bwo kwemerera umutima w’umuntu ibyo ubona ko biwunogeye
kandi byera kurusha ibindi, bavushijwe amaraso babicira ahantu henshi hari urugamba rukaze.
Abaporotesitanti bafashwe ko ari ibicibwa ntibagira itegeko na rimwe ribarengera,
hagatangwa ibihembo ku muntu uzabica bityo bagahigwa nk’inyamaswa.
“Itorero ryo mu Butayu,” ari ryo ryari rigizwe n’abantu bake cyane bakomoka ku Bakristo
ba kera bari barasigaye mu Bufaransa mu kinyejana cya cumi n’umunani, bihishaga mu
misozi yo mu majyepfo kugeza ubwo bari bagikomeye ku kwizera kwa ba sekuru. Iyo
bageragezaga guteranira hamwe nijoro, haba mu ibanga ry’umusozi cyangwa mu bihuru
byitaruye abantu, bahigwaga n’abasirikare bakomeye maze bakabazana babakurubana
bakabagira inkoreragahato mu buzima bwabo bwose. Abeza b’indakemwa n’intiti zo mu
Bufaransa bambikwaga iminyururu, bakicirwa urubozo mu buryo buteye ubwoba hagati
y’ibisambo n’abicanyi.” 299 Abandi bagiriwe impuhwe, bicwaga barashwe amasasu nta
mahane bateye kuko nta ntwaro bari bafite. Bagwaga bapfukamye basenga. Amagana menshi
y’abasaza, abagore batagira kirengera, abana b’inzirakarengane bose batabwaga aho bari
bateraniye ari imirambo. Iyo wanyuraga muri iyo misozi n’amashyamba, aho bari
bamenyereye guteranira, ntibyabaga ari igitangaza gusanga “imirambo muri buri ntambwe
enye kandi ibyatsi byabaye amaraso, indi mirambo imanitswe ku biti.” Igihugu cyabo
cyahinduwe umusaka n’inkota, intorezo n’umuriro gihinduka ubutayu bunini buteye
agahinda.” “Ayo marorerwa ntiyakozwe mu gihe cy’umwijima (ubujiji) ahubwo yakozwe mu
gihe cy’imyaka y’ubujijuke mu Bufaransa ku ngoma ya Ludoviko wa 14 (Louis XIV). Muri
icyo gihe ubuhanga buhanitse (science) bwari bwarateye imbere, ubwanditsi buri kuba
gikwira, abanyadini b’ibwami n’abo mu murwa mukuru bari barize kandi ari intyoza bityo
bakigaragazaho ubugwaneza n’urukundo.” 300
Ariko ubugome burenze ubundi mu bwigeze bubaho, igikorwa kibi cy’abadayimoni
cyabayeho mu binyejana biteye ubwoba byabayeho, cyabaye iyicwa rya Mutagatifu-
Barutoromayo (Bartholomew). Iyo abatuye isi bibutse ubwo bugome bw’indengakamere
yagiriwe bahinda umushyitsi. Umwami w’Ubufaransa, yokejwe igitutu n’abapadiri
n’abayobozi bakuru b’i Roma, maze atanga uburenganzira bwo gukora icyo gikorwa giteye
ubwoba. Inzogera yavugijwe mu ijoro nta yandi majwi yumvikana, yabaye ikimenyetso cyo
gutangira ubwicanyi. Abaporotesitanti ibihumbi byinshi bari basinziriye batuje bari mu ngo
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