Gospel of infancy - Jesus\u27 descent

Polazeći od činjenice da Evađelja djetinjstva Isusova (EDI) ne spadaju u bit evanđeoskog navještaja, auktor ovoga članka istražuje razloge toga opisa i njegovu uklopljenost u evanđeoski izvještaj. Odgovor na ta pitanja nalazi u Lukinu Prologu (Lk 1,1-4), gdje Je vidljivo da i ti opisi spadaju u navještaj Crkve kao pokušaj otkrivanja tragova i znakova veličine osobe u koju se vjeruje nakon Pashe već u njezinim prvim danima. Temeljni problem EDI jest njihova povijesnost On se međutim lako rješava ispravnim poimanjem povijesti, koja je uvijek povijest protuma­ čena u određenom ključu. I EDI jesu povijest protumačena vjeroispoviješću prve Crkve. Ovo tumačenje opravdano je specifičnošću kršćanske tradicije koju obilježava dinamizam vjernosti Isusu i trajne aktualizacije njegova života i djelovanja. U okviru književne vrste evanđelja kojom se narativnim načinom izražava teološka dimenzija dogođenoga, EDI imaju kao specifikum tipološko pripovijedanje. Naime, spasenjske događaje novije povijesti osvje­tljavaju spasenjskim događajima ranije povijesti u mesijanskom ključu. Zamjećujući tematsku podudarnost i razlike Matejeva i Lukina prikaza, auktor se ograničava na istraživanje Lukina EDI: najprije donosi epizode opisa i njihovu strukturu, koristeći se književnim kriteriemj, a zatim egzegetski obrađuje perikopu navještenja Isusova rođenja (Lk 1,26-38), uočavajući neke nove naglaske u tumačenju: specifičnost Marijina materinstva, svetost rađanja djeteta, ulogu Božje riječi i Marijinu radosnu i željnu suradnju s Bogom.In this essey the author, starting from the fact that the Gospel of Jesus\u27 infancy (GJI) doesn\u27t belong to the essence of Gospel\u27s announcement, analyses the reasons of this description and its integration in the Gospel\u27s narration. He finds the answer to these questions in Luke\u27s Prologue (Lk 1,1-4), where it is transparent that these descriptions also belong to the Chrurch\u27s announcement an attempt to discover the traces and signs of the person\u27s greatness that is belived in after the Easter, alredy in his infancy. The fimdamental problem of GJI is its historicity. This problem can be easily solved by the exact comprehension of history, which is always the history interpreted in one key. The GJI is also the history interpreted in the key of the Beginnings of Church confession. This interpretation is justified by the peculiarity of christian tradition which is determined by the fidelity to Jesus and continuous actualisation of his life and activity. In the context of Gospel\u27s literary genre, which expresses the theological dimension of an event in a narrative way, GJI has, as its remarkability, the typological narration. In fact the salvation\u27s events from latter history are illuminated by the salvation\u27s events from former history in the Messianic key. Observing the thematic congruency and the differences of Matthew\u27s and Luke\u27s presentation, the author limits himself to the analysis of Luke\u27s GJI. First of ali, he presents the episodes of the description and its structure using the literary criterion, and after that he analyses, in the egsegetical way, the episode of the annunciation of Jesus\u27s birth, observing some new accents in the interpretation: the peculiarity of Mary\u27s maternity, the holiness of child\u27s birth, the role of God\u27s word and Mary\u27s joyous and desirous collaboration with God