Itorero na Leta ku Rugamba

Itorero na Leta ku Rugamba
Bwongereza. Aho yahigiye ibintu byinshi by’ingenzi byagombaga kumufasha cyane mu
mirimo ye yajyaga kuzakurikiraho. Izo ntumwa zari zoherejwe na Papa, Wycliffe
yazibonyemo imico nyakuri ndetse n’intego by’inzego zitandukanye mu buyobozi bw’idini.
Yagarutse mu Bwongereza gukomeza inyigisho yigishaga mbere abikora yeruye afite
n’umwete mwinshi, akavuga ko umururumba, ubwibone n’uburyarya ari byo Roma yagize
imana zayo.
Imwe mu nyandiko ze, ubwo Wycliffe yavugaga ku bya Papa n’abasoresha yashyizeho,
yaravuze ati: ” Bavoma ibyajyaga kubeshaho abakene bo mu gihugu cyacu, ndetse n’ibihumbi
byinshi bya zahabu n’ifeza baka mu butunzi bw’umwami buri mwaka bigakoreshwa mu
masakaramentu n’ibindi bintu by’umwuka, kandi ari ubuyobe bukabije bwo kugura no
kugurisha iby’umwuka byatumye Abakristo bose babyemera bakanashikama muri byo.
Yarakomeje ati, ‘Kandi nubwo ubutegetsi bwacu bufite umusozi munini w’izahabu utagira
undi uwukoraho uretse bariya basoresha bakorera umwepisikopi w’umwibone watwawe
n’iby’isi; uko igihe kizagenda gihita, uyu musozi uzashiraho kuko akomeza kuvunguraho
atwara amafaranga y’igihugu cyacu ntacyo yinjizamo kitari umuvumo w’Imana gusa binyuze
mu kugura no kugurisha iby’umwuka.” 34
Ubwo hari hashize igihe gito Wycliffe agarutse mu Bwongereza, umwami yamushinze
kuba umuyobozi mukuru wa Lutterworth. Ibi byari igihamya cy’uko umwami yanejejwe
n’ibyo Wycliffe yavugaga yeruye. Impinduka Wycliffe yateje zagaragaye mu gutunganya
imikorere ibwami ndetse no kugorora imyizerere y’igihugu cyose.
Inkuba ziturutse kwa Papa zahise zimwibasira. Inzandiko eshatu za Papa zoherejwe mu
Bwongereza: rumwe rwoherezwa kuri kaminuza, urundi ku mwami, naho urundi
rwohererezwa abayobozi bakuru b’idini. Izo nzandiko zose zategekaga ko hafatwa ibyemezo
byihutiwe kandi bidakebakeba byo gucecekesha uwo muntu wigisha ubuyobe.” 35
Ariko mbere y’uko izo nzandiko ziza, abepisikopi bari bihutiye gufata icyemezo ubwabo
cyo guhamagaza Wycliffe ngo bamucire urubanza. Nyamara babiri mu bikomangoma
bikomeye by’ibwami bamuherekeje mu rukiko ndetse n’abaturage bari bazengurutse
inyubako bisuka mu cyumba baciramo imanza bityo abacamanza bagira ubwoba ku buryo
urubanza rwahagaritswe maze Wycliffe abasha gusohoka agenda amahoro.
Bitinze gato, Eduwaridi wa III (Edouard III), uwo abepesikopi bashakaga gukoresha ngo
arwanye umugorozi Wycliffe, ariko akaza gupfa azize ubusaza, asimburwa n’umuntu wari
ushyigikiye Wycliffe, aba umusigire ku ngoma.
Nubwo byari bimeze bityo, kuza kw’inzandiko za Papa kwashimangiraga itegeko
Ubwongereza bugomba kubahiriza ryo gufata no gufunga uwanyuranyaga n’inyigisho za
Papa. Izo ngamba zerekezaga ku gihano cyo kubohera umuntu ku mbago agatwikwa.
Byagaragaye neza ko bidatinze Wycliffe agiye guhinduka umuhigo wa Roma
ikamwihimuraho. Nyamara uwari warigeze kubwira umukurambere Aburamu ati: “Witinya,
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