Publication: El Diablo de Tópaga: La espiritualidad jesuita y las imágenes en el siglo XVII.
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Rojas Cocoma, Carlos
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En 1640 la iglesia del pueblo de indios de Tópaga, en Boyacá, pasó del control
del clero secular a manos de los jesuitas, quienes la dispusieron como
el punto de partida para la empresa misionera de reducciones a los Llanos
orientales, en el Nuevo Reino de Granada. En la ejecución, se implementó
todo un conjunto de prácticas de acuerdo a la espiritualidad de San Ignacio
de Loyola, el fundador de la Compañía de Jesús, que se manifestaron no sólo
en los hábitos, sino también en la arquitectura y en el programa iconográfico
del templo religioso. Así, la aparición de un diablo en el techo del Arco Toral
reivindicó el discurso que los Ejercicios Espirituales definían sobre el mal,
de acuerdo a la espiritualidad ignaciana del siglo XVII.
In the New Kingdom of Granada during 1640, the ecclesiastical administration of the Indian chapel of Tópaga changed from the secular clergy to the Jesuit order, transforming the small town into the start point for the missionary activity in the `¿Llanos orientales¿. The architecture of the church and the iconographic program that Jesuits developed were implemented under the spirituality of Societate Iesu. The singular image of the face of a devil in the upper side of the toral arc, was a free interpretation of the discourse around good and evil that local priests translated into visual speech, inspired by the Spiritual Exercises, main guide of the religious life of Jesuits and written by the founder of the order Saint Ignatius of Loyola.
In the New Kingdom of Granada during 1640, the ecclesiastical administration of the Indian chapel of Tópaga changed from the secular clergy to the Jesuit order, transforming the small town into the start point for the missionary activity in the `¿Llanos orientales¿. The architecture of the church and the iconographic program that Jesuits developed were implemented under the spirituality of Societate Iesu. The singular image of the face of a devil in the upper side of the toral arc, was a free interpretation of the discourse around good and evil that local priests translated into visual speech, inspired by the Spiritual Exercises, main guide of the religious life of Jesuits and written by the founder of the order Saint Ignatius of Loyola.




