Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 79 No. 4, 2009.
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Mary - the New Abraham?
Marija Pehar
orcid.org/0000-0002-8083-1896
; Katolički bogoslovni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
Starting from recognisable theological parallels, like that of »Christ - the new Adam« and »Mary - the new Eve«, this article poses the question of the justification of the parallelism »Mary - the new Abraham«. Starting with the thesis that based on similarities in faith, Mary can be referred to as the new Abraham. The article bases its claims on egsistential results of research of Abraham's faith as it is presented in two places in the New Testament - Rom. 4:16-22 and Heb. 11:8-19 only to be confronted with Mary's faith as presented primarily in Lk 1 but also in some other places in the New Testament.
The article shows that some fundamental features of both Abraham and Mary's faith are completely compatible and that the similarity between Mary's and Abraham's faith is identified in their obedience to God's almighty power and as such Mary can justifiably be referred to as the new Abraham. She cannot be named as such due to already existing parallelisms between the New and Old Testament however - i.e. in the dialectic sense of the confrontation with Abraham's faith but more so in the continuity of Abraham's faith and its concreteness and actualisation. Mary heads the beginning of God's new people with equal faith as Abraham had when he stood at the head of God's first people. This identical faith of Abraham-Mary gives way to Christological fulfilment which with Mary completes the promise given to her forefathers and shows once again that God's grace always surpasses the boundaries of his promises.
The article concludes that the title »Mary - the New Abraham« is not just another Marian topic but directs us to a possible ecumenical relevancy as well as the significance of existential consistency in the life of the faithful particularly concerning some vital features of Abraham-Mary's faith: faith in God's almighty power and faith as a feature of obedience.
Ključne riječi
Abraham; Mary; faith; obedience; God's word; God's almighty power; »Mary - the New Abraham«
Hrčak ID:
45143
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Datum izdavanja:
18.12.2009.
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