Pobożność ludowa jako miejsce urzeczywistniania się sensus fidei na przykładzie dogmatu o Wniebowzięciu Maryi Dziewicy

Abstract

The “Sensus fidei in the life of Church” document accents, that the sensus fidei concept does not appear in theology before the II Vatican Council. Yet practice has outstripped the process of clear defining sense of faith. The author shows piety as a place where sensus fidei is realized, in the context of Virgin Mary’s assumption dogma being announced. To illustrate the sense of faith, devotional practices developed in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, Wambierzyce and Saint Ann’s Mountain were used. It has also been highlighted that sensus fidei realized in Marian devotion has been the main reason for Virgin Mary’s assumption becoming a dogma for cause of Piuse XII.