The master's thesis is being devoted to mariology in writtings of prof. dr. Anton Strle. The main source was the writting Mariology I which was written as a study material to auditors at the Theological Faculty and was published in 1964. It also contains the thoughts of well-known theologians who were or are still devoted to mariology, such as Hans Urs von Balthasar, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger – Pope Benedict XVI. and others.
The first part talks about the life and work of the Servant of God, prof. Anton Strle. Excerpts of his life, which are important for facilitating the perception of his scientific and teaching work and above all his devotion to God, which originated from living faith, are being highlighted.
In the second part we encounter the question of anthropology in this case the theological view of a man from the aspect of Christianity. Strle introduces it from Mary's point of view and at the same time answers the question of why we aren’t talking about anthropology of the Christ himself, although he is the center of Christianity.
The last and the most extensive part is devoted to Strle’s interpretation of four religious truths (dogmas) about Mary; that Mary is the Mother of God, that she was conceived without the stain of original sin, that she has always been a Virgin and that after her death she was taken to heaven, with soul and body. The core of the first truth is that Mary truly gave birth to Jesus, the true God and the true man, and She is therefore the true Mother of God. The essence of the second truth is Mary's immaculatory conception. It gives us the fact of her conception in her mother Anna’s body, in which Mary was preserved from the stain of original sin at the first moment of her life. The basis of the third truth about Mary speaks of the mystery of her true virginity. Mary was the virgin before giving birth to Jesus and she remained being a virgin even during and after that. The last religious truth covers Mary's physical and spiritual assumption into heaven. Mary truly died, and her body, which carried the Savior, was not allowed to be left to decay.
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