Mary, Mother of the Lord, in translation and comments on the New Testament, selected Homilies and Circulars of Archbishop Ivan Šarić

Blažena Djevica Marija zauzima jedinstvenu ulogu u povijesti spasenja. O toj ulozi svjedoče ne samo dogmatske odluke općih i krajevnih sabora nego i vjernička svijest biskupa, teologa i cijelog Božjeg naroda. Nakana ovoga rada je osvijetliti i pokazati Šarićevu percepciju Blažene Djevice Marije, njezino mjesto i ulogu u kršćanskoj predaji i Svetome pismu te njegovo štovanje Gospe i predstavljanje Majke Isusove vjernicima unutar hrvatskog naroda, i to kroz njegove komentare Novoga zavjeta koji je on sam preveo. U ovome radu Šarićevi komentari, koji su pučkog i pastoralnog karaktera, komparirani su s komentarima ekumenskog Novog zavjeta koji uživa većinski konsenzus teologa i bibličara. U drugom i trećem dijelu rada pokazuje se kako su se percepcija i štovanje Marije, Isusove majke, aktualizirali u naučiteljskoj službi drugog vrhbosanskog nadbiskupa Ivana Šarića te se na kraju rada donose zaključna zapažanja.The Blessed Virgin Mary occupies a unique role in the history of salvation. This role is evidenced not only through the proclaimed dogma of the ecumenical and regional councils, but also through the religious consciousness of bishops, theologians and the entire people of God. The intention of this paper is to illuminate and demonstrate Šarić’s perception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, her place and role in Christian tradition and Scripture, and his veneration of Our Lady and presentation of the Mother of Jesus to the faithful among the Croatian people, through his comments on the New Testament. In this paper, Šarić’s commentaries, which are of a popular and pastoral character, are compared with the commentary of the ecumenical New Testament, which enjoys the consensus of theologians and biblical scholars. The second and third parts of the paper show how the perception and veneration of Mary, the mother of Jesus, were actualized in the teaching service of the second Archbishop of Vrhbosna, Ivan Šarić, and at the end of the paper, concluding observations are made