Prawda o dziewictwie Maryi i jej związek z tajemnicą Wcielenia w ujęciu św. Ambrożego

Abstract

The Incarnation of the Son of God and Mary’s virginity are the foundation of Christian Christology. This truth was strongly emphasized in ancient times. Its importance also stems from the fact that thanks to it man enters into a special relationship with God, and ultimately into the process of God’s fulfillment of human existence. In the above text, an attempt was made to present the teaching of Saint Ambrose concerning important aspects of the truth about Mary’s virginity and its connection with the mystery of the Incarnation. The presented statements allow us to conclude that our Author notices the specificity of these events. Firstly, he wants to emphasize that only the Son of God became incarnate, and therefore the second Person of the Holy Trinity. He also sees that Jesus Christ is both the Son of God the Father and the son of the Virgin Mary of the line of David. Secondly, Mary’s virginity is also closely related to the mystery of salvation, as it is, in a sense, a model of an attitude open to salvation. Mary’s virginity is the prototype of the Church, which, like Her, owes its fertility in giving birth to God’s children not to human strength, but to pure faith, trust and total dedication to God.