“He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, from the river to the ends of the earth”. Topics of religious power in written and visual Luso-Brazilian sources (16th-18th centuries)

O estudo visa considerar alguns tópicos do poder religioso através das entradas dos bispos para tomarem posse da diocese, baseando-se sobre novos exemplos analíticos e oferecendo uma leitura iconológica dos documentos visuais disponíveis. Organizadas com renovada magnificência entre a segunda metade do século XVI e a primeira metade do XVIII, as cerimónias de adventus novi episcopi constituíram um momento de encontro político-sócio-cultural que caracterizou a história de Portugal e dos territórios da América portuguesa na Época pós-tridentina, assim como do orbe católico. Nesses dispersos territórios além do caminho via terra, também a travessia pelo oceano podia ser um espaço que contribuía para definir o munus do neo-consagrado, antecipando e distinguindo o seu serviço como bispo das conquistas ultramarinas.The study aims at considering some topics of religious power by the entries of the bishops to take possession of their dioceses, based on new documents and a iconological reader of some visual examples. Organized with renewed splendor between the second half of the 16th century and the first half of the 18th century, the ceremonies of adventus novi episcopi constituted a significant moment of political and socio-cultural encounter that marked the history of Portugal and the territories of Portuguese America in the post-tridentine period, as well as the Catholic world. In addition to symbolic gestures and itineraries developed following the path by land, also what happened during the crossing of the Atlantic Ocean could be a step that, significantly, contributed to define the munus of neo-consecrated, anticipating and differentiating their service as Empire bishops