Maryja ikoną Ducha Świętego według Bruno Forte

Abstract

Accordingly to Father Bruno Forte, Blessed Virgin Mary is an icon of the Holy Spirit. Bruno Forte is one of the most creative and original modem Italian theologian. His basic theological thought is contained in eight volume work titled Church Symbolism. Theology as history (1981-1996), conceived as an integral dogmatic theology lecture from the perspective of the notion which is „symbol” itself. Given lecture presented Bruno Fortes mariology in compliance to his volume titled: Mary a woman icon o f the Mystery. Study of the symbolic — narrative mariology. For the Neapolitan theologian, Incarnation of the Son, which makes the invisible God visible, is the climax of the worlds history. Blessed Virgin Mary plays a key part in the event, therefore, accordingly to the Italian theologian, one can conclude that God used Mary to show Himself to the world. Bruno Forte believes that both person and mission of the Virgin Mary manifest all of the Holy Trinity. He describes it as follows: as a Virgin - Mary is the icon o f the Son, as a Mother — an icon of the Father and as a Bride — an icon of the Holy Spirit. In the presented lecture a third of the aforesaid relations is discussed, especially the betrothed aspect of the Bride in the relation Mary - the Holy Ghost. In this report, Bruno Forte sees an original model of the meaning of betrothal - to the Church (in its ecclesiastical sense) as well as to an individual (in its anthropological sense). Change from the expression „Mary Bride of the Holy Spirit” to „Mary Bride in the Holy Spirit” is the novel idea of the Italian theologian and is characterised by the theological depth, new verbalisation and new, brave reading of the Bible.