Raimundo Diosdado Caballero
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Raimundo Diosdado Caballero (June 19, 1740 - January 16, 1830 or April 28, 1829) was a Catholic
miscellaneous writer, chiefly ecclesiastical.
Born at Palma in the island of Majorca on June 19, 1740. He entered the Society of Jesus
on November 15, 1752, held the chair of literature
in the Jesuit College at Madrid
for several years, and was deported with the other Jesuits to Italy
when the Society was suppressed in the Spanish
dominions. In his new home Father Caballero developed a varied literary activity. The following are the most important of his works:
Father Caballero shows his scriptural knowledge in his Tetraglotton D. Marei Evangelium, et Marcologia critica; and El Evangelio de S. Marcos escrito en latin, griego y hebreo, con los tres alfabetos.
Not to mention several historical works, we may add here his writings on American subjects: Observaciones americanas, y supplemento critico á la historia de México; Medios para estrechar más la union entre espanoles americanos y europeos; and Consideraciones americanas.
The exact date of his death is uncertain, but it is believed he died at Rome on either January 16, 1830 or April 28, 1829.
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
miscellaneous writer, chiefly ecclesiastical.
Born at Palma in the island of Majorca on June 19, 1740. He entered the Society of Jesus
Society of Jesus
The Society of Jesus is a Catholic male religious order that follows the teachings of the Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits, and are also known colloquially as "God's Army" and as "The Company," these being references to founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background and a...
on November 15, 1752, held the chair of literature
Literature
Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
in the Jesuit College at Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
for several years, and was deported with the other Jesuits to Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
when the Society was suppressed in the Spanish
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
dominions. In his new home Father Caballero developed a varied literary activity. The following are the most important of his works:
- De Primá typographiae hispanicae aetate specimen (RomeRomeRome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
, 1793); - Commentariola critica, primum de discipliná arcani, secundum de linguá evangelicá (Rome, 1798). The author corrects in this work what he considers to be the mistakes of Emmanuel SchelstrateEmmanuel SchelstrateEmmanuel Schelstrate was a Catholic theologian born at Antwerp in 1649. While he was a canon of the cathedral of Antwerp, he was called to Rome by Pope Innocent IX and made an assistant librarian of the Vatican Library....
and Hardouin, and offers a proof that the native tongue of ChristChristChrist is the English term for the Greek meaning "the anointed one". It is a translation of the Hebrew , usually transliterated into English as Messiah or Mashiach...
and the Apostles was SyriacSyriac languageSyriac is a dialect of Middle Aramaic that was once spoken across much of the Fertile Crescent. Having first appeared as a script in the 1st century AD after being spoken as an unwritten language for five centuries, Classical Syriac became a major literary language throughout the Middle East from...
, not GreekGreek languageGreek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
, as Dominicus Diodati (d. 1801) had maintained in his De Christo loquente exercitatio (NaplesNaplesNaples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
, 1767). - Bibliothecae Scriptorum Societatis Jesu supplementa. Supplementum primum (Rome, 1814),
- Supplementum primum (Rome, 1814),
- Supplementum alterum (Rome, 1816).
Father Caballero shows his scriptural knowledge in his Tetraglotton D. Marei Evangelium, et Marcologia critica; and El Evangelio de S. Marcos escrito en latin, griego y hebreo, con los tres alfabetos.
Not to mention several historical works, we may add here his writings on American subjects: Observaciones americanas, y supplemento critico á la historia de México; Medios para estrechar más la union entre espanoles americanos y europeos; and Consideraciones americanas.
The exact date of his death is uncertain, but it is believed he died at Rome on either January 16, 1830 or April 28, 1829.