Introduction

Biography

De Bèze was the son of Pi­erre de Bèze, bai­liff of Vé­ze­lay, and Ma­rie Bour­delot, and hus­band of Clau­dine De­nosse.

A Cal­vin­ist Pro­test­ant theo­lo­gian, re­form­er and scho­lar, he played an im­port­ant role in the Pro­test­ant Re­for­ma­tion.

He was a dis­ci­ple of John Cal­vin, lived most of his life in Ge­ne­va, and su­cceed­ed Cal­vin as the spir­it­ual lead­er of the Re­pub­lic of Ge­ne­va.

Thirty-four of his psalm trans­la­tions ap­peared in the 1551 Ge­ne­van Psal­ter, and six more in lat­er ed­it­ions.

Works

• Juvenilia, 1548
• Abraham Sa­cri­fi­ant (Ge­ne­va, 1550)
• Passavantius, cir­ca 1551
• De Hae­re­ti­cis a Ci­vi­li Ma­gis­tra­tu Pu­ni­en­dis, 1554
• Du Droit des Ma­gis­trats, 1574