Banca de DEFESA: PEDRO LUIZ CÂMARA DANTAS

Uma banca de DEFESA de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : PEDRO LUIZ CÂMARA DANTAS
DATE: 15/12/2025
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: Meet - Online
TITLE:

BETWEEN THE FLAMING SWORD AND THE APOCALYPTIC CROSS: Sociability Networks and International Politics among the Clementine Crossbearers (1968–2023)

KEY WORDS:

El Palmar de Troya, Clementine Crossbearers, Sociability Networks, International Politics.

PAGES: 286
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: História
SUMMARY:

In Spanish Ecclesiastical History, its most prominent schismatic group took shape in the second half of the twentieth century under the designation Crucíferos Clementinos (Clementine Crossbearers), weaving extensive networks of sociability and pursuing an international policy aimed at the creation of a Hispanic “Church-Nation.” This endeavor, of unequivocal ideological inspiration, simultaneously sought to revive principles of the Francoist past and to sacralize figures from Spain’s overseas history, thus participating in a symbolic process of national identity sacralization. As a whole, the Crossbearers movement emerged as a radical dissidence from Roman Catholicism, originating in 1975 in the Andalusian village of El Palmar de Troya as a Carmelite religious order. A few years later, in 1978, its founder, Clemente Domínguez Gómez – who was blind and self-proclaimed recipient of celestial revelations – claimed for himself the status of legitimate Catholic pope, adopting the name Gregory XVII. From this inaugural act, the Clementine group, under the name Palmarian Church, began disseminating its own documentary corpus intended to regulate its doctrine and liturgy, thereby consolidating an absolute rupture with the Catholic tradition of Rome. Through the establishment of sociability networks perpetuated in its narratives, one observes the construction of a sacred space grounded in traditionalist Catholic premises and articulated through apocalyptic and catastrophic language, yet marked by deep inflections and innovations that culminated in the formulation of a hybrid religious system. Among the elements that distinguished this construction, the institution of a condensed rite for the celebration of Mass and the canonization of historically controversial figures composed a complex project of sacred spatialization. In light of these factors, the consolidation of an alternative form of Catholicism became evident as the Order of the Crossbearers of the Last Times, emerged as a fully autonomous religion, entirely detached from the Catholic Church.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Externa à Instituição - EVELYN DE ALMEIDA ORLANDO - UERJ
Externo à Instituição - CARLOS ANDRÉ SILVA DE MOURA - UPE
Externo ao Programa - 1718551 - LOURIVAL ANDRADE JUNIOR - nullPresidente - 2277360 - MAGNO FRANCISCO DE JESUS SANTOS
Interno - 1280374 - RENATO AMADO PEIXOTO