IGREJA APÓSTOLICA PLENITUDE DO TRONO DE DEUS: HISTÓRIA, LIDERANÇAS E SÍMBOLOS

Abstract

The present work aims to research the history and foundation of the Apostolic Church Fullness of the Throne of God and the use of Jewish symbolic elements in its liturgies. Headquartered in Brás, in the location known as Corredor da Fé, the church has attracted media attention for the extravagant appearances of the charismatic leader Agenor Duque, often dressed in sackcloth as a sign of fasting and for his liturgies full of Jewish symbols. The apparitions of the charismatic leader, almost always extravagant, have attracted media attention, mainly due to his attempt to connect with the world of Judaism with the use of symbols, vernacular and festivities that are typical of him. We propose to describe and present how these symbols are applied and whether they have a Judaizing or purely ornamental purpose, with which or what purposes they are then presented. In the midst of the work, the research was hampered in part by the pandemic by COVID-19 that plagued the world in 2020, which made a personal interview with the charismatic leader unfeasible. However, with the observations collected personally, prior to the isolation measures adopted due to COVID- 19, it was possible to observe that the religious practices of the church and cults are related to the spectacularization of the faith with the use of Jewish images and symbols. The research was organized with a descriptive approach and with an emphasis on the Social Sciences of Religion, specifically in the Sociology of Religion, as theoretical references of Weber and Debold, respectively, regarding the emphasis on magic and the creation of a pseudo-world by the charismatic leader and in the developed show.