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O presente artigo pretende analisar a problemática da receção do tema da Roma Antiga no horizonte do protestantismo português oitocentista. Essa reflexão estrutura-se em três pontos: um primeiro, onde se procura desenvolver uma síntese de natureza teórica sobre as origens da cristianismo reformado em geral e do protestan¬tismo português em particular; um segundo, centrado na análise da obra de Benjamin Scott – As Catacumbas de Roma – uma fonte essencial para o estudo da receção da identidade romana no século XIX, quer pela influência que exerceu no período em que foi primeiramente editada quer através das edições e traduções de que foi objeto posteriormente, designadamente em português; e um último e terceiro ponto sobre a problemática da identidade romana na imagética protestante portuguesa, através de uma prospeção junto da imprensa periódica evangélica. Procuraremos refletir sobre o modo como, no contexto do protestantismo português, o diálogo com a Antiguidade Clássica se desenvolveu num âmbito amplo: da busca permanente de uma reforma por via do regresso a um “cristianismo puro e primitivo”; da utilização de referências culturais basilares da civilização clássica e por via da demarcação e distanciamento do “cristianismo verdadeiro” em relação ao paganismo romano.
The present article aims to discuss the reception of the theme of Ancient Rome in the 19th century Portuguese Protestan- tism. This study is structured in three points: the first one aims at developing a theoretical synthesis on the origins of Reformed Chris- tianity in general and of Portuguese Protestantism in particular; the second one focuses on the analysis of Benjamin Scott’s work – The contents and teachings of the Catacombs at Rome – an essential source for the study of the reception of Roman identity in the 19th century, both for the influence it had in the period when it was first publi- shed and through the subsequent editions and translations, namely in Portuguese; and a final and third point on the place of Ancient Rome in Portuguese Protestant imagetics, through a survey of the evangelical periodical press. We will examine the way in which, in the context of Portuguese Protestantism, the dialogue with classical antiquity was carried out in a broad context: the permanent search for reform through the return to a “pure and primitive Christianity”; the use of basic cultural references from the Classical Civilization and the marked differentiation between “true Christianity” and Roman paganism.
The present article aims to discuss the reception of the theme of Ancient Rome in the 19th century Portuguese Protestan- tism. This study is structured in three points: the first one aims at developing a theoretical synthesis on the origins of Reformed Chris- tianity in general and of Portuguese Protestantism in particular; the second one focuses on the analysis of Benjamin Scott’s work – The contents and teachings of the Catacombs at Rome – an essential source for the study of the reception of Roman identity in the 19th century, both for the influence it had in the period when it was first publi- shed and through the subsequent editions and translations, namely in Portuguese; and a final and third point on the place of Ancient Rome in Portuguese Protestant imagetics, through a survey of the evangelical periodical press. We will examine the way in which, in the context of Portuguese Protestantism, the dialogue with classical antiquity was carried out in a broad context: the permanent search for reform through the return to a “pure and primitive Christianity”; the use of basic cultural references from the Classical Civilization and the marked differentiation between “true Christianity” and Roman paganism.
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Reforma Protestantismo Romanismo Paganismo Revivalismo Reformation Protestantism Romanism Paganism Revival
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Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra