SECULAR and SACRED TEXTS in the HUMANIST SCHOLAR BARTOLOMÉ JIMÉNEZ PATÓN

Abstract

Bartolomé Jiménez Patón’s philological oeuvre (1569-1640), dedicated to the translation and the study of classical writers, evidences the profound Catholic faith of the author. Thus, this study aims at analysing such fervour in the works of this humanist who, apart from being a staunch defender of the use of secular texts, interpreted those from his religious conviction, sought to evince their biblical and Christian sources, and sought to moralise, indoctrinate and spread the Catholic faith through these classical texts.