En This coenobium impressed upon the clergy of Northern Italy a significant hallmark of apostolic holiness and inspired important episcopal figures such as Limenius and Honoratus, successors of Eusebius in Vercelli, Gaudentius in Novara, Exuperantius in Tortona, Eustasius in Aosta, Eulogius in Ivrea and Maximus in Turin, all venerated by the Church as saints.

Abantu benshi babona ko umusaraba ari ikimenyetso kiranga Ubukristo. Ariko kandi, Bibiliya ntigaragaza neza ikintu Yesu yapfiriyeho.

Ku bw’ibyo, nta wamenya neza uko cyari giteye. Nubwo bimeze bityo ariko, Bibiliya igaragaza ko Yesu yapfiriye ku giti gihagaze, aho kuba ku musaraba. Akenshi iyo Bibiliya ishaka kuvuga ikintu Yesu yapfiriyeho, ikoresha ijambo ry’ikigiriki staurosʹ (). Nubwo akenshi abahinduzi bakoresha ijambo umusaraba bashaka kuvuga staurosʹ, intiti nyinshi zemeza ko iryo jambo risobanura “igiti gihagaze.” Hari inkoranyamagambo yagize iti “nta na rimwe ijambo staurosʹ rijya risobanura ibiti bibiri biteranyije, bikoze imfuruka iyo ari yo yose.— A Critical Lexicon and Concordance to the English and Greek New Testament. Nanone Bibiliya ikoresha ijambo xyʹlon risobanura kimwe na staurosʹ (). Iryo jambo risobanura “ingeri y’igiti,” inkingi y’igiti” cyangwa “igiti.” Hari Bibiliya yagize icyo ivuga kuri ibyo bisobanuro igira iti “mu Isezerano Rishya nta jambo ry’ikigiriki ryakoreshejwe nibura ryaba ryumvikanisha ibiti bibiri.”— The Companion Bible.

Ese gukoresha umusaraba Imana irabyemera? Crux simplex​—Ijambo ry’ikilatini risobanura igiti bamanikagaho umugizi wa nabi Uko igikoresho Yesu yapfiriyeho cyaba kimeze kose, ibimenyetso bikurikira n’imirongo ya Bibiliya bigaragaza ko.

• Imana ntiyemera ko tuyisenga dukoresheje amashusho cyangwa ibimenyetso, hakubiyemo n’umusaraba. Imana yategetse Abisirayeli kudakoresha ‘ishusho y’ikintu icyo ari cyo cyose’ mu gihe basenga. Abakristo na bo barabwiwe bati “muhunge ibikorwa byo gusenga ibigirwamana.”​—⁠. • Abakristo bo mu kinyejana cya mbere ntibakoreshaga umusaraba. Zhivotnij mir lesov belarusi prezentaciya.

Abakristo bose bagombye gukurikiza inyigisho z’intumwa n’urugero zabasigiye.​—⁠. • Gukoresha umusaraba bifite inkomoko ya gipagani. Nyuma y’imyaka ibarirwa mu magana Yesu apfuye, igihe amadini yatangiraga gutandukira inyigisho ze, abayoboke bashya bayo bahabwaga uburenganzira busesuye bwo gukomeza gukoresha “amashusho yabo n’ibimenyetso byabo bya gipagani,” hakubiyemo n’umusaraba. Icyakora, Bibiliya ntiyemera ko Abakristo bakoresha ibimenyetso bya gipagani, bagamije kunguka abayoboke bashya.​—.