Motyw płaszcza szkarłatnego i korony cierniowej (Mt 27,27-31) oraz ich analogie w życiu bł. kard. Stefana Wyszyńskiego

Łukasz Grzegorz Florczyk

doi:10.25167/sth.5543

Published: 2025-01-11

Vol. 44 No. 2 (2024)

The Motif of the Scarlet Robe and the Crown of Thorns (Mt 27:27-31) and their Analogies in the Life of Blessed Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński

Łukasz Grzegorz Florczyk

Studia Teologiczno-Historyczne Śląska Opolskiego

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https://doi.org/10.25167/sth.5543

Abstract

The soldiers of Pontius Pilate, using a scarlet robe, a crown of thorns, a reed, and by kneeling, verbal mockery and spitting, ridiculed Jesus as the king of the Jews and
ridiculed the messianic expectations of the chosen people. Additionally, they inflicted pain on Christ by beating him on the head with a reed. All these events are described in Matthew 27:27-31. The author of the article – using the historical-critical method – conducted a literary and exegetical-theological analysis of the above pericope. The article pays particular attention to two motives: the scarlet robe and the crown of thorns. The research activities undertaken allowed us to answer the questions of what the crown of thorns placed on Christ’s head looked like, what it was made of and what it was used for, as well as what the scarlet robe could have been and for what purpose it was placed on Jesus. The author, fascinated by the figure of blessed cardinal Stefan Wyszynski, also referred to his Prison Notes, which mentions that the coat of the Primate of the Millennium was given by the communist minister to the theater so that it could be used during performances ridiculing the Church. However, the zuchetto of cardinal Stefan Wyszynski symbolically reminded him of the crown
of thorns and the wounded head of Christ. The above information confirms the analogy between the scarlet robe and the cloak of the Primate of the Millennium, as well as between the crown of thorns and the zuchetto.

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Jesus, scarlet robe, crown of thorns, blessed Stefan Wyszynski, cardinal's coat, zuchetto

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Florczyk, Łukasz G. (2025). The Motif of the Scarlet Robe and the Crown of Thorns (Mt 27:27-31) and their Analogies in the Life of Blessed Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński. Studia Teologiczno-Historyczne Śląska Opolskiego, 44(2), 53–68. https://doi.org/10.25167/sth.5543

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