13. The Pieta from Jeżewo, Greater Poland, the last quarter of the XIVth century, Poznań,
Muzeum Narodowe (Phot. Muzeum Narodowe in Poznań)
tion, revealed by the offering by Mother cf God Her own sacrifice - Her Son: Cooperatio per
modum sacrificii.*2
The main prefigurations of the Yirgin, offcrirg Jesus, in the Old Testament were Hannah,
mother of Samuel, and Abraham. St Bonaventure (1221-74) wrote: Ipsa Anna, matcr Samuelis,
obtulit filium ad serviendum, sed beata Virgo obtulit Filium suum ad sacrificandum. Abraham
voluisli offerre filium tuum sed obtulisti arielem. Sed Virgo gloriosa Filium suum obtulit.'3
Already in the XIth century a conviction arose that Mary, when expressing Her consent
to the Incarnation, agreed to offer Jesus to death. It was Her private oblation, oblatio privata.ĄĄ
This consent was renewed by Her, wh;n, on tb.3 diy of Pjrification, She presentcd Christ in
the Temole. Later, on Calvary tb.3 Virgin accom;)lished Her sacrifice - Her proper sacrificium.45
42. Thomas Aq., S. Th. III, q.48: passio Chrisli noslram salutem opera a est per modum 1. merili, 2. sali*faclionis, 3. sac-
rificii, 4. redemplirmis. Analogically, Cooperatio o[ the Virgin was accomplished by the four ways; G.N. Garcia. "Co-
operación de Maria a La Redención a manera de sacrificio", Estudios Marianos. II, 1943, p. i95 —242; Roschlni, op.
cii.. vol. II 1, p. 372 — 377: De eooperatione compassionis per modum saerificii.
43. "Dc donis Spiritus S.", col. 6, n. 17. Opera, ed. (Juarucchi, 1882-1902, V, p. 486b.
44. St. Bernard cf Clairvaux, PL., CLXXXIII, col. 368 C/D: ...oblatio ista ...satis delicaia videlur ...yeniel ąuando non in
templo off rel»r, ...extra ciyitatem inler brachia crucis ...Iliud est sacrificium vesper.inum, istud est matutinum.
45 . R. Laurentin, M ria Eecltsia Sacerdotium. Essai sur le deoeloppement d'une idće re [tgieus >.. Th. I niv.( Paris, 1952 p. 132 —
182: L'0bla!ion (sacrificielle, sacerdotale).
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Muzeum Narodowe (Phot. Muzeum Narodowe in Poznań)
tion, revealed by the offering by Mother cf God Her own sacrifice - Her Son: Cooperatio per
modum sacrificii.*2
The main prefigurations of the Yirgin, offcrirg Jesus, in the Old Testament were Hannah,
mother of Samuel, and Abraham. St Bonaventure (1221-74) wrote: Ipsa Anna, matcr Samuelis,
obtulit filium ad serviendum, sed beata Virgo obtulit Filium suum ad sacrificandum. Abraham
voluisli offerre filium tuum sed obtulisti arielem. Sed Virgo gloriosa Filium suum obtulit.'3
Already in the XIth century a conviction arose that Mary, when expressing Her consent
to the Incarnation, agreed to offer Jesus to death. It was Her private oblation, oblatio privata.ĄĄ
This consent was renewed by Her, wh;n, on tb.3 diy of Pjrification, She presentcd Christ in
the Temole. Later, on Calvary tb.3 Virgin accom;)lished Her sacrifice - Her proper sacrificium.45
42. Thomas Aq., S. Th. III, q.48: passio Chrisli noslram salutem opera a est per modum 1. merili, 2. sali*faclionis, 3. sac-
rificii, 4. redemplirmis. Analogically, Cooperatio o[ the Virgin was accomplished by the four ways; G.N. Garcia. "Co-
operación de Maria a La Redención a manera de sacrificio", Estudios Marianos. II, 1943, p. i95 —242; Roschlni, op.
cii.. vol. II 1, p. 372 — 377: De eooperatione compassionis per modum saerificii.
43. "Dc donis Spiritus S.", col. 6, n. 17. Opera, ed. (Juarucchi, 1882-1902, V, p. 486b.
44. St. Bernard cf Clairvaux, PL., CLXXXIII, col. 368 C/D: ...oblatio ista ...satis delicaia videlur ...yeniel ąuando non in
templo off rel»r, ...extra ciyitatem inler brachia crucis ...Iliud est sacrificium vesper.inum, istud est matutinum.
45 . R. Laurentin, M ria Eecltsia Sacerdotium. Essai sur le deoeloppement d'une idće re [tgieus >.. Th. I niv.( Paris, 1952 p. 132 —
182: L'0bla!ion (sacrificielle, sacerdotale).
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