Abstrakt: | J. Ratzinger – Benedict XVI convinces about an essential role Mariology plays for
Christian theology, spirituality and existence. In reply to academic tendencies to marginalize
Mariology, among others, because of the shape it takes in folk piety, he shows analogy
between Maria-Christ-Church relationship and Mariology-Christology-Ecclesiology
relationship. Starting from specifi c biblical, redemptive events, in which Maria participated
through Grace and in which she committed herself voluntarily, he proves that Mariology
protects the height of faith, Bible integrity, essence of the Church, true good of men, as
a man and a woman, over the centuries – since the times of fi rst doctrinal disputes until the
most contemporary civilisation and theological dilemmas. Catholic faith and piety owe
the balance between rationality and feelings to Maria and Her heart constitutes the very
centre of Ratzinger’s Mariology. Hence learning Maria’s feelings – Her pure cordiality
– is a Christian way, on which blessing from the Sermon on the Mount and its promise:
looking at God, come true. |