Maryja w obrzędach koronacji swojego wizerunku

Abstract

The theology of the cult of the Virgin Mary is contained not only in the Church’s official teaching in the documents of the Vatican Council II, in encyclicals and Popes’ adhortations, but also in the Church’s liturgy. One of the important sources of this theology is Ordo coronandi imaginem Beatae Mariae Virginis – the rites of the coronation of the Virgin Mary’s image. The author of the article focuses on analysis of the liturgical texts of the coronation rites in order to extract the main Mariological lines of the renewed rites from them. From the coronation rites of the Virgin Mary’s image Her Person appears, which is defined by the following titles: Saint, Ever Virgin, the Lord’s Servant, the Savior’s Mother, the Mother of All People, the One Taken to Heaven, the Queen of the Universe, the Intermediary of Graces. The author describes and explains each of the Virgin Mary’s mentioned titles on the basis of the Church’s documents and on theological literature.