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The Old Spanish Reformers, Vol. 27

Exposition of the First Psalm of David

Übersetzer: Martins, Steven R

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In 1847, the Spanish scholar and Hebraist Luis de Usoz y Río (1805-1865) embarked on a monumental task: compiling and updating the writings of the sixteenth-century Spanish reformers. This work, known as The Old Spanish Reformers (Los Reformistas Antiguos Españoles), spanned twenty-four volumes, with the final volume published posthumously in 1880. Despite its significance, this collection remained largely inaccessible to modern readers and had never been fully translated into English. Until now. For the first time, the Cántaro Institute proudly presents The Old Spanish Reformers in modern ...

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Constantino Ponce de la Fuente (1502-1560), also known as Dr. Constantino, was born in San Clemente, in the province of Cuenca. He received a theological education at the Universidad de Alcalá and fulfilled most of his ministerial work in Seville, arriving there in 1533. He was the chief preacher of the Cathedral, popular with the people and honoured for his writings. At the time of his ministerial service, Seville had become the central point for the Spanish protestant reformation movement. Several theologians, recognized by the Roman Catholic Church, were protestant sympathizers, but it would later be revealed that Dr. Constantino was not just a sympathizer but a covert protestant himself. From 1548 to 1553, Dr. Constantino served as the King's chaplain, earning high respect for his moving sermons, but after his service he returned to Seville where he would continue to minister. Dr. Constantino had already been under suspicion for Lutheranism given his writings, but it was never explicit enough to warrant his arrest. Nonetheless, he was eventually arrested and interrogated by the Spanish Inquisition, and was kept in prison while they sought evidence to condemn his person. While Dr. Constantino continued to affirm his catholicity, it was not until they found his protestant writings, hidden in a secret library of a lady's home, a friend of Dr. Constantino, that he was confronted with the truth. He had written explicitly protestant books and tracts and went through the trouble of hiding it all; there was no more denying it. Upon this discovery, Dr. Constantino confessed to being a protestant and could offer no defense, neither did he recant, for he insisted on keeping true to his protestant convictions. Before he could be executed, however, as other protestants were, he died of illness while incarcerated. This did not prevent the Inquisition from burning his bodily remains as they did for other heretics. While Dr. Constantino may have suffered a lowly death, he was a great spiritual giant in the land of the reformers, a true martyr in the church of Christ.