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Beza, Theodore
Beza, Theodore (1519–1605), Calvinist theologian. De Bèze (the original form of his name) came of an old Catholic family in Burgundy. He renounced Catholicism in 1548 and went to Geneva. He was professor of Greek at Lausanne from 1549 to 1558, when J. Calvin offered him a professorship at the newly-founded academy at Geneva, a post he held until 1595. In 1561 he took part in the Colloquy of Poissy. On Calvin's death in 1564 he succeeded him as head of the Geneva Church and leader of the Calvinist movement in Europe. In 1571 he presided over the National Synod of La Rochelle which marked the consolidation of the French Huguenot Church.
In 1559 Beza published his Confession de la foi chrétienne, an exposition of Calvinist beliefs, translated into Latin in 1560. In the 1550s and 1560s he disputed with S. Castellio about free will and defended the orthodox doctrine of the Trinity against L. Socinus and others. In defence of his view that Christ's Divine (but not His human) nature is present to the faithful in the Eucharist, he produced a series of works against the Lutheran Ubiquitarians. He is usually thought to have hardened Calvin's doctrine of predestination by arguing that even the Fall was part of God's eternal plan; it followed the election of some to salvation and others to damnation, the atoning death of Christ being offered only for the former. His annotated Latin translation of the NT (1556), to which he added the Greek text in 1565, was widely influential; it was used by the translators of the AV. See also CODEX BEZAE. |
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Beza, Theodore." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Beza, Theodore." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-BezaTheodore.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Beza, Theodore." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-BezaTheodore.html |
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Theodore Beza
Theodore Beza (Théodore de Bèze), 1519–1605, French Calvinist theologian. In 1548 he joined John Calvin at Geneva and soon became his intimate friend and chief aid. From 1549 to 1558, Beza was professor of Greek at Lausanne, where he wrote De haereticis a civili magistratu puniendis (1554), a defense of the conduct of Calvin and the Genevan magistrates in the notorious trial and burning of Servetus. In 1558 he became professor of Greek at Geneva, and in 1564 he succeeded Calvin in the chair of theology at Geneva. Beza came to be regarded as the chief advocate of all reformed congregations in France, serving with distinction at the Colloquy of Poissy (see Poissy, Colloquy of ). He was of great importance in aiding the edition of the Greek and Latin versions of the New Testament, and he gave Codex D, or Codex Bezae, one of the most important manuscripts of the Bible, to the Univ. of Cambridge. |
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"Theodore Beza." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Theodore Beza." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Beza-The.html "Theodore Beza." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Beza-The.html |
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Beza, Theodore
Beza, Theodore (1519–1605). French-born successor to Calvin in Geneva as the leader of Reformed Protestantism (see REFORMATION). Educated for a legal career, he renounced Roman Catholicism after a severe illness in 1548. Academically, he devoted himself to biblical study, especially to study of the Greek text. During the wars of religion (1560–98) he provided a theological argument and basis for resistance to usurped political authority. His strong defence of biblical literalism, double predestination and firm church discipline laid deep foundations for Calvinism and initiated what has been called ‘Reformed Scholasticism’. However, the precise connection of Beza with this has been much disputed.
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JOHN BOWKER. "Beza, Theodore." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN BOWKER. "Beza, Theodore." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-BezaTheodore.html JOHN BOWKER. "Beza, Theodore." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-BezaTheodore.html |
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Beza, Theodore
Beza, Theodore (1519–1605). Swiss reformed theologian who succeeded John Calvin as leader in Geneva. He is remembered in biblical studies for having discovered a 5th-cent. MS of the gospels and Acts (‘Codex Bezae’), which he presented in 1581 to the University library at Cambridge. In 1565 he brought out the first critical edition of the Greek NT by a study and comparison of available MSS and translations.
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W. R. F. BROWNING. "Beza, Theodore." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. W. R. F. BROWNING. "Beza, Theodore." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-BezaTheodore.html W. R. F. BROWNING. "Beza, Theodore." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-BezaTheodore.html |
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