The Dogma of Mary's Perpetual Virginity and the Religious Vow of Chastity

Motiv koji nas je usmjerio prema izabranoj temi rada jest uočeno teološko nesnalaženje s mariološkim sadržajima. Temeljni će doprinos rada, dakle, biti pokušaj vraćanja mariologije kao teološke teme pod vidom govora o redovničkim zavjetima s naglaskom na zavjetu čistoće, što nam se učinilo prikladnom tematikom u Godini posvećenog života. Rad će biti strukturiran u tri poglavlja. U prvom poglavlju kanimo prikazati mariološku misao II. vatikanskog koncila te moguće pozitivne i negativne posljedice takve misli u postkoncilskom mariološkom promišljanju. U nastavku će biti prikazan sadržaj dogme o Marijinu trajnom djevičanstvu. U trećem poglavlju, u svjetlu prijeđenoga puta, želimo promišljati redovničke zavjete, posebice zavjet čistoće, i to pod vidom djevičanstva Isusove majke kao primjera potpunog, doživotnog predanja Bogu, koje također treba obilježiti cjeloviti život posvećene osobe. Time želimo doprinijeti obnovljenom razumijevanju čistoće/djevičanstva kao Božjeg dara za plodnost Crkve te ukazati na opasnosti reduciranja pojma čistoće/djevičanstva ukoliko se iz vida izgubi njegova mariološka dimenzija.Motiv which led us toward chosen topic is observed thological disorientation with mariological contents. Basic contribution of this essay would be the attempt of returning a mariology as a theological theme, under the aspect of discourse about monastic vows with orientation on vow of chastity which we considered suitable topic in a Year of consacrated life. Our essay would be structured in three chapters. With first chapter we want to present mariological thought which was brought up on The Second Vatican Council and possible both positive and negative consequences of that kind of thought in a postconciliar deliberation. Below we would present the dogma about perpetual virginity of Mary. Finally, third chapter would represent our deliberation about monastic vows, especially vow of chastity under the aspect of virginity of Mary, Jesus' mother, as an example of entirely and „for a lifetime“ abandonment to God, which should guide the etire life of consacrated person. By this essay we want to contribute in renewed comprehension of purity/virginity as a gift from God for fruitfulness of the Church and point to some possible dangers of reducing the term purity/virginity if we lost their mariological dimension from our sight