Melkisedek

Mkutano wa Abrahamu na Melchisedekkadiri yaDieric Bouts Mzee,1464–1467.

Melkisedek(kwa Kiebraniaמַלְכִּי־צֶדֶֿק,Malkī-ṣeḏeq,yaani "Mfalme wangu ni haki" ) alikuwamfalmewaSalemu,Kanaani,katikakarne ya 19 KK.

Ni maarufu hasa kwa sababusuraya 14 yaKitabu cha MwanzokatikaBiblia ya Kiebraniainasimulia alivyompongeza nakumbarikiAbrahamualiporudimshindikutokavitani.

Humo anatambulishwa pia kamakuhaniwaEl Elyon( "Mungu Aliye Juu" ) aliyemtoleasadakayamkatenadivai.

Hatimaye Abrahamu alimgawiasehemu ya kumiyamatekayake.

Habari hiyo ikawahojakwa wafalme waYerusalemukuanziaDaudiya kuteteamamlakayao katika mambo yaibada(Zab110:4), ambayoToratiiliwaachiaWalawi,hasa waukoowaHaruni.

HatimayeWaraka kwa Waebraniaunazungumzia kirefu habari hizo ili kuteteaukuhani mkuuwaYesu Kristo,Mwana wa Daudi.

Tangu kale anaheshimiwa kamamtakatifu,hasatarehe26 Agosti.

Tazama pia

• Watakatifu wa Agano la Kale
• Orodha ya Watakatifu Wakristo
• Orodha ya Watakatifu wa Afrika
• Orodha ya Watakatifu Wafransisko

Marejeo

• Horton, Fred L.(1976).The Melchizedek Tradition: A Critical Examination of the Sources to the Fifth Century A.D. and in the Epistle to the Hebrews.Cambridge:Cambridge University Press.
• Manzi, Franco(1997).Melchisedek e l'angelologia nell'Epistola agli Ebrei e a Qumran.Rome:Editrice Pontificio Istituto Biblico. uk.433.ISBN978-88-7653-136-1.
• Kugel, James L.(1998). "Melchizedek".Traditions of the Bible: a guide to the Bible as it was at the start of the common era.Cambridge:Harvard University Press.ku. 275–293.ISBN0-674-79151-7.{{cite book}}:External link in|chapterurl=(help);Unknown parameter|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help)
• "Priesthood of Melchizedek".

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