De los nombres de Cristo

Synopsis of De los nombres de Cristo

«De los nombres de Cristo» is the theological treatise by Luis de León, published by PML Ediciones in paperback (187 pages, in Spanish).

This treatise presents a Ciceronian-style dialogue in which several interlocutors comment on the interpretations of the names that the Bible gives to Christ. The text gathers the definitive idea of the themes that fray Luis de León sketched in his poems and is considered a supreme example of Castilian prose.

Fray Luis de León composed this treatise between 1572 and 1585, and it was first published in 1585. The work belongs to the Clásicos Españoles collection.

For students of Spanish literature and Christian theology, as well as for readers interested in the classics of Castilian prose.