Theodore Beza

The Counsellor of the French Reformation, 1519-1605

Henry Martyn Baird

• Publisher: Patavium Publishing
• Year: 2023
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9781805232346
• Subtopic: British History
• Index: History

"Theodore Beza's course of activity was, in the words of the author, 'long and brilliant.' He presided over the Reformed church in the French-speaking countries of Europe for many years, and was its recognized counsellor and leader in times of peril. His friendship with John Calvin, and also with the French king, Henry IV, ensured that his influence in both church and state was not insignificant indeed, Beza's was a career rich in incidents and dramatic interest. Theodore Beza was…a significant 'Reformer in the wings' who became a major actor in the development of the magisterial Reformation and the spread of the Reformed faith in France. Beza stepped into the shoes of Calvin as the spokesman of French Protestants in the diaspora, and as the figurehead of a refugee church a church faced with theological error, and opposition from the powers that be. Beza's work remains a model of faithfulness under duress for believers worldwide in comparable situations today…"-Print ed.

Table of contents

• Title page
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• PREFACE
• ILLUSTRATIONS
• BIBLIOGRAPHY
• CHAPTER I - CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH - 1519-1539
• CHAPTER II - BEZA IN PARIS - 1539-1548
• CHAPTER III - CONVERSION OF BEZA-DEPARTURE FROM FRANCE-CALL TO LAUSANNE-“ABRAHAM’S SACRIFICE” - 1548-1550
• CHAPTER IV - TREATISE ON THE PUNISHMENT OF HERETICS - 1554
• CHAPTER V - ACTIVITY AT LAUSANNE - 1549-1558
• CHAPTER VI - BEZA BECOMES CALVIN’S COADJUTOR AND RECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA - 1558, 1559
• CHAPTER VII - BEZA AT NÉRAC - 1560
• CHAPTER VIII - RECALL TO FRANCE - 1561
• CHAPTER IX - RECEPTION AT COURT - 1561
• CHAPTER X - SPEECH AT THE COLLOQUY OF POISSY - 1561
• CHAPTER XI - FURTHER DISCUSSIONS-THE EDICT OF JANUARY-MASSACRE OF VASSY - 1561, 1562
• CHAPTER XII - COUNSELLOR OF CONDÉ AND THE HUGUENOTS IN THE FIRST CIVIL WAR - 1562, 1563
• CHAPTER XIII - BEZA SUCCEEDS CALVIN-HE EDITS THE GREEK NEW TESTAMENT - 1563-1565
• CHAPTER XIV - BEZA’S BROAD SYMPATHIES-SYNOD OF LA ROCHELLE-MASSACRE OF SAINT BARTHOLOMEW’S DAY-THE ENGLISH REFORMATION - 1566-1574
• CHAPTER XV - CONTROVERSIES AND CONTROVERSIAL WRITINGS
• CHAPTER XVI - BEZA AND THE HUGUENOT PSALTER
• CHAPTER XVII - BEZA’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO HISTORY
• CHAPTER XVIII - BEZA THE PATRIOTIC PREACHER-BEZA AND HENRY IV.’S APOSTASY - 1590-1593
• CHAPTER XIX - BEZA’S LATER YEARS IN GENEVA
• CHAPTER XX - CLOSING DAYS - 1605
• APPENDIX - AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL LETTER OF BEZA TO WOLMAR
• TRANSCRIPT OF BEZA’S LETTER TO PITHOU.