Amaroso Nos Convida Cristo

Author: Juan Bautista Cabrera

Juan Bautista Cabrera Ivars was born in Benisa, Spain, April 23, 1837. He attended seminary in Valencia, studying Hebrew and Greek, and was ordained as a priest. He fled to Gibraltar in 1863 due to religious persecution where he abandoned Catholicism. He worked as a teacher and as a translator. One of the works he translated was E.H. Brown's work on the thirty-nine articles of the Anglican Church, which was his introduction to Protestantism. He was a leader of a Spanish Reformed Church in Gibraltar. He continued as a leader in this church when he returned to Spain after the government of Isabel II fell, but continued to face legal difficulties. He then organized the Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church and was consecrated as bishop in 1894. He… Go to person page >

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First Line: Amoroso nos convida, Cristo, a su comunión
Title: Amaroso Nos Convida Cristo
Author: Juan Bautista Cabrera
Meter: 8.7.8.7
Language: Spanish
Notes: Tune: GALILEE by William H. Jude (Trinity Hymnal 1961 #626)
Copyright: Public Domain

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