Me Died Blue
Puritan Board Post-Graduate
In my latest used bookstore run to get new inventory for our business, I came across a clearance book I simply couldn't pass up for myself: Because of Christ edited by James M. Houston. It's an abridged and edited edition of One Hundred and Ten Considerations by Juan de Valdés and On the Benefit of Jesus Christ, Crucified by Don Benedetto. From the back cover:
As noted in both introductions, we typically do not think of Italy as participating in the Reformation. I had never even heard of these two men, and yet apparently they were essentially their geographic area's spiritual leaders of their time. Of Benedetto's work, the editor notes,
Likewise,
From an initial glance at the table of contents, these two works in particular seem to be wonderfully balanced. In conjunction with its perpetual focus on justification through faith being lived out, de Valdés' piece contains a whole chapter on the Holy Spirit in the believer's life, and also one on the Christian's use of Scripture. Likewise, Benedetto's work has an extensive chapter on remedies for lack of assurance.
After finishing this Victor Classics book, I hope to be able to get unabridged editions of both works. Are all of them even fully translated into English? Also, I searched for even just a mention of either theologian on the board, and came up empty. Has anyone else encountered their work, or read much about them?
As noted in both introductions, we typically do not think of Italy as participating in the Reformation. I had never even heard of these two men, and yet apparently they were essentially their geographic area's spiritual leaders of their time. Of Benedetto's work, the editor notes,
Likewise,
From an initial glance at the table of contents, these two works in particular seem to be wonderfully balanced. In conjunction with its perpetual focus on justification through faith being lived out, de Valdés' piece contains a whole chapter on the Holy Spirit in the believer's life, and also one on the Christian's use of Scripture. Likewise, Benedetto's work has an extensive chapter on remedies for lack of assurance.
After finishing this Victor Classics book, I hope to be able to get unabridged editions of both works. Are all of them even fully translated into English? Also, I searched for even just a mention of either theologian on the board, and came up empty. Has anyone else encountered their work, or read much about them?
