Alfonso de Castro, inter theologos iuriconsultissimus: de justa haereticorum punitione, libri tres. una introducción

This article tries to show the work of the theologian's juridical reflection in the 16th century on the basis of Alfonso de Castro in the 16th century and his work De iusta heretecorum punitione. Thought at the time of the Lutheran Reformation to fight against heresy, having a theoretical character, it is not a strictly academic work. Its aim is the theoretical justification of the juridical struggle against Lutheranism, its aim is therefore practical. The study presents the author in a moment of reform, his role as a theologian and jurist, to briefly present the work in question.