Seeing without understanding, believing without discerning. A comparative iconographic analysis of the Roman sarcophagi in the church of Sant Feliu de Girona.
Análisis iconográfico comparativo de dos sarcófagos romanos de la Iglesia de San Feliu de Girona.
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https://doi.org/10.17162/3s52tg75Keywords:
España, Sarcófagos Romanos, Cosmovisión pagana, iconografia cristiana, arqueología de la imagenAbstract
This article examines two Late Roman sarcophagi preserved in the Church of San Feliu in Girona, whose carved scenes reveal two profoundly divergent worldviews. One reflects a pagan mindset: a cyclical time, without judgment or redemption, marked by moral ambiguity; the other expresses a Christian understanding of human destiny, where judgment, redemption, and the history of salvation structure the narrative. The fact that both works coexist within a medieval Christian context raises the question of how symbols and doctrines foreign to biblical revelation were incorporated into the life of the Church. This iconographic analysis serves as a starting point for a broader reflection on the persistence of this same dynamic today: the uncritical adoption of forms of religiosity which, under the guise of faith, convey ideologies incompatible with the Gospel.
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