Na Petrose e ne e le Mopapa oa Pele?

E le ho tšehetsa taba ea hore kereke e thehiloe ho Petrose, Mak’hatholike a ’nile a sebelisa mantsoe a Jesu a tlalehiloeng ho Matheu 16:18: “U Petrose, ’me holim’a lefika lena ke tla haha phutheho ea ka.” Ha e le hantle, mantsoe ana a ngotsoe ka Selatine marulelong a chitja ka har’a mohaho oa St. Peter’s Basilica o Roma.

Augustine, eo e neng e le Mongoli oa Boholo-holo oa Kereke ea hlomphehang haholo, ka nako e ’ngoe o ne a nahana hore phutheho e thehiloe ho Petrose. Leha ho le joalo, ho elella qetellong ea bophelo ba hae o ile a fetola maikutlo a hae ka se neng se boleloa ke Jesu tabeng ena. Bukeng e bitsoang Retractations, Augustine o ile a bontša hore kereke, ke hore phutheho ea Bokreste, e ne e thehiloe ho Jesu, eseng ho Petrose.a

Ke ’nete hore moapostola Petrose o hlahella haholo tlalehong ea Likosepele. Jesu o ile a khetha baapostola ba bararo feela—Johanne, Jakobo le Petrose—hore ba be le eena liketsahalong tse ’maloa tse ikhethang. (Mareka 5:37, 38; 9:2; 14:33) Jesu o ile a fa Petrose “linotlolo tsa ’muso oa maholimo,” tseo Petrose a ileng a li sebelisa ho bula tsela ea ’Muso—a qala ka ho bulela Bajuda le basokolohi, ea ntan’o ba Basamaria ’me qetellong ea e-ba Balichaba. (Matheu 16:19; Liketso 2:5, 41; 8:14-17; 10:45) Kaha ka tlhaho e ne e le motho ea botsoalle, ka linako tse ling Petrose e ne e e-ba ’muelli oa baapostola kaofela. (Liketso 1:15; 2:14) Empa na lintlha tsee li tšehetsa taba ea hore Petrose e ne e le eena hlooho ea phutheho ea pele?

Ke ’nete hore moapostola Pauluse o ile a ngola hore Petrose o ne a fuoe “boapostola ho ba bolotseng.” (Bagalata 2:8) Leha ho le joalo, seo Pauluse a neng a bua ka sona ha a tla bua mantsoe ao se bontša hore o ne a sa bolele hore Petrose ke eena ea tsamaisang phutheho. Pauluse o ne a bua ka karolo eo Petrose a e phethang ea ho bolela litaba tse molemo ho Bajuda.

Le hoja Petrose a ne a filoe boikarabelo bo bongata, ha ho moo ka Bibeleng a ipolelang hore ke eena hlooho ea phutheho, kapa hona ho etsetsa barutuoa kaofela liqeto. Lengolong la hae, o ile a ipitsa “moapostola” kapa “monna e moholo”—eseng ho hong ho fetang hoo.—1 Petrose 1:1; 5:1.