Fray Luis de León y la interpretación de la Sagrada Escritura. La influencia de san Agustín / Fray Luis de León and the Interpretation of Sacred Scripture. The influence of St. Augustine

Abstract

On March 27, 1572 Fray Luis de Leon was imprisoned, among other reasons, because according to his informers, fray Luis, in addition to «be a friend of novelties» has argued that to understand the Sacred Scripture is not necessary the scholastic Theology. Fray Luis, who was always opposed to this view, will try to defend himself on the basis of the work De doctrina christiana of St.Augustine and putting forward that to correctly interpret Scripture is necessary the scholastic Theology, but also other wisdoms such as history or language knowledge.