McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Castro, Leon de

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Castro, Leon de

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Castriccia
Castries, Armand Pierre De La Croix De
Castro, Alfonso
Castro, Alfonso de
Castro, Andres de
Castro, Cristofero de
Castro, Don Felipe De
Castro, Francisco de
Castro, Giacomo di
Castro, Leon de
Castro, Pablo Fernando De
Castrucci, Raffaelle
Castulus
Casturus, Saint
Castus
Casuistry
Casus Reservati
Caswall, Henry, D.D
Caswell, Alexis, DD., LL.D

a Spanish theologian, canon of Valladolid, was for more than fifty years professor of Oriental languages at Salamanca, where he died in 1586. Though well acquainted with the Hebrew, he gave his preference to the ancient versions, especially the Vulgate. He asserted that the Hebrew text was corrupted by the Jews when they invested it with the vowel points. Castro's works are, Commentaria in Esaiam (Salamanca, 1570): — Apologeticus pro Lectione Apostolica et E'vansqelica (ibid. 1585): — Commentaria in Oseam (1586). See Simon, Hist. Crit. V. T., lib. 3, c. 12; Wetzer u. Welte's Kirchen-Lexikon, s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Générale, s.v. (B. P.)