Theodore Beza at 500 : : new perspectives on an old reformer / / Kirk Summers, Scott M. Manetsch (editors).

• TeilnehmendeR: Summers, Kirk M., 1961-; Manetsch, Scott M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Gottingen : : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht,, [2021]; 2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (389 pages) :; illustrations
• Other title: Introduction: New perspectives on an old reformer /; Before the Histoire Ecclésiastique : Theodore Beza's unknown apologetic history of the Lausanne pastors and professors /; Theodore Beza and Nicolas Des Gallars, best of friends? /; Theodore Beza in England /; Suppress or retain? : Theodore Beza, natural theology, and the translation of Romans 1:18 /; From Codex Bezae to La Bible : Theodore Beza's biblical scholarship and the French Geneva Bible of 1588 /; Beza among the Lutherans : Acts 3:21 in the Wittenberg Catechism (1571) and Formula of Concord (1580) /; Theodore Beza on prophets and prophecy /; "The leader of the ancient theologians" : Beza's use of Augustine in his predestination doctrine /; Theodore Beza's elegy on the five martyrs of Lyon : wonder and consolation /; Compelling each other : Theodore Beza's response to John Hay as part of Geneva's anti-Jesuit efforts /; Nemeses to the end : Theodore Beza and his last Catholic adversaries /; Michel Le Faucheur and Edme Aubertin : seventeenth-century memories of Theodore Beza's eucharistic polemics /; Theodore Beza, collector of paintings : unexpected intellectual commerce in the first century of the Reformation /
• ISBN: 3666560415; 3647560413
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Kirk Summers, Scott M. Manetsch (editors).

This edited volume explores neglected aspects of the history, theology, and literary contribution of the Genevan reformer Theodore Beza (1519-1605). The contributors to this volume are an accomlished group of scholars who specialize in the religious and social history of 16th century reformed Protestantism. Theodore Beza at 500 celebrates the 500th anniversary of the reformer's birth by providing an original, insightful, and multifaceted study of one of the most important leaders of reformed Protestantism after John Calvin. --Back Cover.