BÈZE, THEODORE. b. 1519, d. 1605. French Calvinistic theologian and scholar.
A BOOKE OF CHRISTIAN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. Wherein are set forth the cheefe points of the Christian Religion. Tr. by A. Golding, 1574.
A BRIEFE AND PITHIE [sic] SUMME OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, MADE IN FORME OF A CONFESSION.... Tr. by R(obert) F(yll), 1565.
A BRIEFE DECLARATION OF THE CHIEFE POYNTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION. Tr. 1556.
A DISCOURSE by M. T. DE BEZA, CONTAINING THE LIFE AND DEATH OF M. JOHN CALVIN, ... Tr. by I. S., [1570].
AN ORATION MADE BY MASTER T. DE BEZE.... ACCOMPANIED WITH XI OTHER MINISTERS AND XX DEPUTIES OF THE REFOURMED CHURCHES OF THE REALM OF FRAUNCE.... 1562.
PROPOSITIONS AND PRINCIPLES OF DEVINITIE.... Tr. by John Penry, 1591.
THE TREASURE OF TRUETH.... Tr. by J. Stockwood. Whereunto are added, These Godly Treatyses, etc.... 1576.
[Note. Herbert in his edition of Ames's 'Typographical Antiquities' notices a former edition entitled 'Treatise of Truth'. Tr. by Whittingham, Geneva, about 1556.]
B. was profoundly versed in ancient literature, and contributed most to the great movement of the renaissance.