Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 86 No. 2, 2016.
Original scientific paper
Ivan Bujanović (1852–1927) – a professor of the Theological faculty, a rector of the University of Zagreb, and an author of the first Mariological handbook in the croatian language
Ana Biočić
orcid.org/0000-0002-2894-4279
; Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Iva Mršić Felbar
Abstract
On the basis of archive material, available journals, and relevant literature, in this article authors are trying to elucidate what is still unknown about Ivan Bujanović (1852–1927), a renowned professor of dogmatics at the Catholic Faculty of Theology of the University of Zagreb and a rector of the University in two mandates. Biographical data are coupled with a presentation of the wider social and political image at the turn from the 19th to the 20th century and the question is raised whether a university career presupposed a political one. A special emphasis is put on Bujanić’s work Mariologija to jest nauk Katoličke crkve o Blaženoj Djevici Mariji Materi Božjoj ( Mariology, that is, the Teaching of the Catholic Church on the Blessed Virgin Mary the Mother of God) that was the first handbook of Mariology written in the Croatian language for students’ needs. In his Mariology Bujanović expresses his assent with all Marian dogmas and correctly positions Mary’s role in the history of salvation, calling her the Intermediary (Mediatrix).
Keywords
Ivan Bujanović; University of Zagreb; Theological / Roman-Catholic Theological / Catholic Theological Faculty; Károly Khuen-Héderváry; Church history; 19th/20th century; dogmatics; Mariology; Mother of God; Virgin; Intermediary
Hrčak ID:
162694
URI
Publication date:
26.7.2016.
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