Change of era, era of changes. The reason for an exhibition

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The story of the origin of early Christianity is an extraordinary account of how the beliefs of a small group of people in one corner of the powerful Roman Empire came to dominate the Mediterranean and BTC Users Number Data shape many of the rhythms of life and cultural expressions that underlie the Western societies: the seven-day week with Sunday rest, the Christmas and Easter holidays, churches as protagonists in our landscapes, rural and urban. The Change of Era exhibition . Córdoba and the Christian Mediterranean, open in the Andalusian city until March 15, 2023 , aims to explain how the expression of Christianity evolved from the small initial symbols linked to the funerary world to the great cathedrals and pilgrimage centers of the medieval world. And on the other hand, what was the role of Christianity in the political, economic, social and cultural changes that led to the end of the Roman.

Empire and the beginning of a new era. And it does so through iconic works of Mediterranean Christianity from North Africa, Macedonia, Italy, France and objects typical of the first Christianity of Hispania, many of them unpublished or little known: inscriptions, representations of symbols and scenes from the Old and New Testament on all types of media, portraits, lanterns, jewelry, architectural pieces, etc. All of this is also accompanied by an impressive graphic and audiovisual device. Vestiges of the origin of Christianity in the Roman Empire Although the birth of Jesus , placed by researchers between the years 6 and 4 BC, is considered in much of the world as the event that began a change of era, Christianity still took several hundred years to become visible. Although less than what is traditionally proposed. There are written documents from the end of the second century that naturally describe scenes such as Jonah swallowed by the sea monster or Daniel in the lions' den, themes from the Old Testament that, as shown by the objects exhibited in the first sections of the exhibition.



The 3rd century constitutes, in this sense, a key moment in which Christians, perhaps aware that the second arrival of Christ did not seem as imminent as they thought, began to signify their beliefs in funerary monuments and in places specifically dedicated to worship. . This is not a banal aspect, but is fundamental to understand and interpret the implementation of Christianity not only in Rome, but also in provinces such as Hispania , where mentions of Christian groups, a hierarchical ecclesiastical structure and conciliar meetings, are also very early, particularly in Baetica. It will be in this region at the beginning of the 4th century that one of the oldest ecclesiastical councils known to have been held, that of Elvira, in Illiberis in Granada, a council in which Bishop Osio participated. This meeting, which took place in ecclesia illiberritana , was attended by 19 bishops and 26 presbyters, as well as deacons and the people. The attendees came mostly from Bética, although there were also those from Emerita Augusta (Mérida), Legio (León), Caesaraugusta (Zaragoza) and Toletum (Toledo).