Postulatio spiritalis ecclesie. Interpretation of the Dialogue between the Mother of Jesus and the Son during the Wedding at Cana in Galilee in Tractatus super quatuor evangelia by Joachim of Fiore
Jan Grzeszczak
Faculty of Theology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań , PolandAbstract
The article addresses the interpretation of the dialogue between the mother of Jesus and the Son (John 2:3-4) in "Tractatus super quatuor evangelia" by Joachim of Fiore (1135-1202). The analysis starts from an overview of the source, its main lines of argumentation, the popularity of this work in the Middle Ages and the controversies it aroused. The paper employs an analytical and comparative method. The analysis of the patristic sources, the literature on the subject and the comparison of the content of the main source, namely the "Tractatus super quatuor evangelia", with the content of selected works of Joachim of Fiore, lead to the conclusion that as far as Joachim’s exegesis of Jn 2:3-4 is concerned, we can speak of the genuine innovativeness of this medieval author, rooted in his original vision of history. The article refers to the exegesis of this fragment of the Gospel according to St John, as seen in Gaudentius of Brescia and St Augustine. In Joachim’s interpretation, the mother of Jesus appears above all as the herald of the forthcoming spiritual Church (ecclesia spiritalis), and her request to the Son sets in motion the historical process of the spiritualisation of the Church and the world, which, according to Joachim, is to precede the Second Coming. Joachim’s view of Jn 2:3-4 is an interesting example of the creative reception of the exegesis of the Church Fathers and the interpretative approaches they developed which were adopted in the Middle Ages.
Keywords:
Joachim of Fiore, Mother of God, Mary, Middle Ages, Mariology, Cana in GalileeReferences
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