As a peritus at Vatican II and by the end of his life arguably the
world's leading Mariologist, Rene Laurentin has earned the
privilege of republication of a work of considerable value for any
theologian who aims for comprehensiveness of Catholic theological
perspective, historically and systematically. Laurentin's orthodox,
yet highly original treatment displays his command of all of the
relevant biblical, patristic, medieval and modern texts up to and
including the entire proceedings of the Second Vatican Council, as
well as the whole range of related historical and theological
scholarship. His proposal to pursue Mariological speculation along
two tracks - first, "from above," following the course of doctrinal
development from biblical revelation to the VCII era, and second,
"from below," considering Mary's own life (walking in her
footsteps, as it were), from before the Annunciation to the
Parousia - provides a clear, accessible structure for the work,
yielding rich theological and spiritual fruit. Not only are all the
major Marian doctrines and their developments handled with the
greatest sensitivity, from the Virgin birth to the modern
promulgations of Immaculate Conception and Assumption, but
Laurentin's approach in his second part opens the way to a
human-psychological treatment of motherhood, still solidly
bolstered by traditional Christian anthropology. Regarding Mary's
status as Mother of God, Laurentin's discussion of the Theotokos
exhibits his deep ecumenical commitments, as much as his specific
attention to Mary's soteriological role as a sticking point for
Protestantism. One of the most striking qualities of the work is
Laurentin's deft integration of his evident scholastic formation
into an overarching vision thoroughly at ease with the
phenomenological ("personalist") and existential currents in which
he also inevitably swam throughout his education and professional
scholarly occupation. As a result, the work can be read and
appreciated instinctively, as it were, as much by the eclectic
contemporary theologian, influenced by the likes of Heidegger, et
al, as by the Thomist.
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