In master thesis Trinitarian Spirituality in Various Theologians, Spiritual Teachers and Mystics: Trinitarian Aspect of Spirituality in Augustine, Mary of the Incarnation and Faustina Kowalska, we are focused on three personal relations in the Holy Trinity. Understanding of the ongoing relations within the Trinity, helps believers at deepening their relation with God and with improvement of their inter-personal relationships.
In the first part there is a description of the life of St. Augustine; his ways of searching for God, conversion and writing about Holy Trinity. His life and his records are reminding us of the importance of purification, through which every believer must go in his path towards seeing God. Besides that, we see in this part Augustine’s contribution to Trinitarian theology, since he represents to us oneness and equality of God. In details, he describes the relations between the persons of the Holy Trinity and he is also pointing on similarity between human soul and Trinity.
In the second part, we become familiar with the life of St. Mary of the Incarnation (Marie Guyart); from her starting, marriage, work, entrance into convent, her spiritual/mystical life, missionary work, until her death. We are focused on her experience of the mystical marriage with God, whose description is done through the help of analytical method. In doing that, we got to know the role of Jesus as Groom, also we got to know better the nature of Holy Trinity’s function. We realize, that Mary’s mystical experiences are bearing rich fruits in the relationships towards her neighbors. These fruits are primarily seen in her unselfish service and help of fellowman.
The last part of thesis is dedicated to the life of St. Faustina Kowalska, her experience of Holy Trinity and her role as a proclaimer of God’s mercy. The Holy Trinity is revealing herself to Faustina through attributes (especially mercy). In the mystical bethroval and marriage the Holy Trinity let her understand relations, which are within the Trinity. Towards the end of this part there is a description of mystical gifts which God bestowed on sister Faustina and which she used for the service of people. So, with the help of method of comparison, we got to know the nature of relations in the Trinity, we shed theological light on the fruits of authors experiences which we than actualized.
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