The Triumph of the name of Jesus: The forgotten iconographic message of the Church of the Society of Jesus from Tunja

Abstract

This paper reconstructs the forgotten iconographic message of the church of the Society of Jesus from Tunja (Colombia) built between 17th and 18th centuries. The altars, paintings, altarpieces, and the front of the church of the Company, which served to the school-novitiate are dedicated to the Triumph of the Name of Jesus. The message, related to the Spiritual Exercises, was used with pedagogical and evangelizers purposes. After the expulsion of the Jesuits, most of the altars, paintings and sculptures were dispersed or disappeared. Through the Jesuit and Hospitallers of St. John sources, it is possible to consider the internal organization of the church.