Review article
THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY IN THE LIFE AND DOCUMENTS OF ST. CLARE OF ASSISI
Mladen Parlov
orcid.org/0000-0002-7248-3959
; Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Split
Abstract
Starting from the witnesses of Clare’s holy life, the author
of the article first investigates why Clare was called “another
Mary”. Then, exploring St. Clare and St. Francis’ documents, he
reveals in which way Clare understood BV Mary and her role in
the Christians’ spiritual life. The author first speaks about Mary
as a mirror, i.e. a standard of Christian living, then about the
engagement of BV Mary and St. Clare, about the meaning of the
engagement for spiritual life, as well as about the similarity and
dissimilarity in understanding the theme of engagement between
Clare and St. Francis. Finally, the author presents the talk on the
participation of St. Clare in Mary’s motherhood.
Keywords
Jesus Christ; Mary; Clare; mirror; standard; fiancée; engagement; motherhood
Hrčak ID:
29614
URI
Publication date:
15.9.2008.
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