Ecumenical statements of International Mariological Congresses

Blažena Djevica Marija i njezina uloga u povijesti spasenja predstavljaju poteškoće u ekumenskim razgovorima između kršćanskih crkava i crkvenih zajednica. To posebno vrijedi kad je riječ o marijanskoj pobožnosti koja je nejednako prisutna u kršćanskim crkvama. Na pitanje, je li Marija i štovanje koje se njoj iskazuje zapreka jedinstvu kršćana, pokušavaju odgovoriti međunarodni mariološki kongresi organiziranjem ekumenskih susreta i razgovora predstavnika kršćanskih crkava. Plod njihovih promišljanja jesu i ekumenske izjave s tih susreta koje se u ovom članku objavljuju prvi put na hrvatskom jeziku i u kojem se predstavlja njihov sadržaj i važnost. U svojim raspravama sudionici razgovora otkrivaju mnoge zajedničke pojedinosti s obzirom na ulogu Majke Isusove u povijesti spasenja, u zajedništvu svetih i u kršćanskoj duhovnosti.In ecumenical conversations among the Christian Churches, the Mother of Jesus and her role in the history of salvation poses certain obstacles. This is especially true in the question of veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which is not equally present and practiced among the Churches. Through the organization of roundtables of ecumenical dialogue, the International Mariological Congresses are trying to examine whether the Mother of Jesus and various Marian devotions present obstacles to the unity of Christians. The results of these meetings and discussions are the ecumenical declarations, which are collected and published for the first time in this article and by their significance delineated. On these exchanges the participants of various Christian Churches discovered many common grounds on Mary’s role in the history of salvation and in the communion of saints, which was much more than they had expected