Cipriano de Valera
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Cipriano de Valera (1531–1602) was a
Biography
Early life and conversion
Valera was born at Fregenal de la Sierra about 100 kilometres north of
Geneva and England
Valera first went to
In 1567, Valera moved to London to serve as the minister of the Church of St Mary Axe, a Stranger church which housed a congregation of Spanish Protestant refugees and where Reina had previously been pastor. Valera also frequently travelled to Amsterdam to support the Reformation there.
Death
The year of Valera's death is unknown, with the publication of the
Writings
In 1559, Valera assisted with the writing of the Spanish Confession of London along with Reina and others, which sought to stress the theological orthodoxy of the Spanish and Italian Protestant communities in London, in response to the writings of Michael Servetus and Sebastian Castellio on the Trinity.
After the failure of the
Most famously, however, over a twenty-year period Valera amended
In response to these various works, Valera was listed in the Index Librorum Prohibitorum and called "el hereje español" ("the Spanish heretic") par excellence.[1]
Personal life
In 1564, Valera married an Englishwoman, with whom he had one daughter, Judith, who married Thomas Kingsmill, the Regius Professor of Hebrew at the University of Oxford, and had issue.
Quotations
"Therefore, open your eyes, O Spaniards, and forsaking those who deceive you, obey
Introduction to Valera's translation of
"The reason for my motivation in making this edition, was the same that motivated Casiodoro de Reina, who had been motivated by that hallowed Person, the Lord Himself. He desired to proclaim the glory of God and to make a clear service to his nation. Therefore, he began to translate the Holy Bible (into Spanish)"
Introduction to the
See also
References
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/38086. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
Bibliography
- Hauben, Paul J. (1967). Antonio Del Corro, Cassiodoro De Reina, Cypriano De Valera. Geneva: Droz.
- Hutton, L. J. (1958). "A Spanish Heretic: Cipriano de Valera". Church History. Vol. 27. pp. 23–31.
- Kinder, A. Gordon (1988). "Religious Literature as an Offensive Weapon: Cipriano de Valera's Part in England's War With Spain". The Sixteenth Century Journal. 14 (2): 223–235. JSTOR 2540408.
- Menéndez Pelayo, Marcelino (1956). Historia de los heterodoxos españoles (in Spanish). Vol. IV. Madrid: La Editorial Católica. pp. 323–329.
