1519? Born: Theodoro was born on June 24, 1519 in Vézelay, Burgundy, France. He was the son of Pierre de Besze and Burderot Marie, both of the lower nobility. His mother, an intelligent and charitable woman, had seven children, of whom Theodooro was the last.
1521? Death of the mother: His mother died when Theodooro was not yet three years old, and his uncle Nicolas de Besze took him to Paris and adopted him, because he was very fond of him, there he was educated by the brightest minds in the city.
- 1528? Formal education: At the age of nine.
- His uncle.
- Who was a member of the royal council.
- Sent him to Orleans to study with Melchior Wolmar.
- A prominent Greek scholar.
- Who was also Calvin’s teacher and then joined the reform movement.
- Wolmar took Beza to his own family.
- He stayed with Wolmar for seven years.
1539? Obtaining a live diploma: Theodooro aspired to a law degree and for this he began his studies at the University of Orleans and graduated in 1539, at the age of twenty. Back in Paris, he devoted himself to the study of literature and novel.
1544? Marriage and literary career: In 1544 he married Claudine Denosse, over the years began to achieve a high level of fame with a famous work of poetry (Juvenilia), and was already considered the best Latin poet of his time.
1548? Conversion: Beza was led to conversion by a serious illness during which he had sufficient time to reflect on the impenetrable paths of providence and remember the faithful instructions of his former guardian, Melchior Wolmar, humiliated and punished, recovered from his illness as a staunch Protestant, who resolved to give his life to the spread of the gospel.
1548? Go to Geneva: Converted to Christ in 1548, he and his wife Claudine decide to leave the literary circle of Paris to devote themselves to the cause of the Protestant Reformation, Beza and Claudine then leave for Geneva, where they are greeted by reformer Joo. Calvino.
1549-1580? Teacher and Pastor Service: In Geneva, Beza was called to become a professor of theology at the academy founded by Calvin, which became one of the most important schools in all of Calvinist Europe. Ali Beza was a teacher until 1559 and rector from 1559, until 1563, when Calvin rejected the post.
1559 to 1605? Pastor of the Church of Geneva: He was parish priest of the Geneva Church from 1559 to 1605, and retired only when his old age forced him to do so. From 1564 to 1580, Beza was the moderator of the council of shepherds after Calvin’s death. .
1564? Calvin’s death: When Calvin died in 1564, Beza preached the sermon at the funeral and soon after wrote a biography of his mentor and dear friend.
1564? Beza and his version of the Bible in Greek: With calvin’s death, Beza, already a renowned teacher and theologian, devoted himself to the publication of the Bible in Greek, having published nine editions of the New Testament during his lifetime. The tenth edition was published in 1611; the most famous edition that Beza published is that of 1582, in which he included some texts of the Codex Beza and the Codex Claromontano; their editions popularized the Textus Receptus; King James’ translators used the texts of 1588 and 1589 editions of Beza.
1588? Claudine’s death: His wife, Claudine, died in 1588, and Beza remarried to a refugee from Genoa, Genevieve del Piano.
1605? Last days: Beza’s last days were devoted to continuing Calvin’s doctrines, teaching easily, attending certain meetings, writing and maintaining correspondence with reformers and saints across Europe.
1605? Death: Beza died peacefully on Sunday, October 23, 1605, at the age of eighty-six. Asa asks, written in his will, that he was buried in a common cemetery, where Calvin was buried and next to his wife’s grave. he fought the good battle and kept the faith and then received the reward of the crown of life.
1?” We call it “Faith?” Some knowledge that, only by his grace and goodness, the Holy Spirit increasingly establishes the hearts of God’s chosen (1 Corinthians 2,6-8). With this knowledge, each of them, being sure in their hearts of their choice, takes for themselves and applies the promise of their salvation in Jesus Christ (Faith and Justification).
2? Where there is no Word of God, but only the word of man, whatever it may be, there is no faith there, but only a dream or an opinion that cannot fail to deceive us (Romans 10:2-4; Mark 16: 15 -16; Romans 1. 28; Galatians 1. 8-9) (Faith and Justification)
3?« To say that all that is necessary for our salvation is not in Jesus Christ is a very terrible blasphemy, for it would only make him a partial Savior (Matthew 1:21). Therefore, the other part remains: to have Jesus Christ, by faith, we have in him all that is necessary for our salvation (Romans 5. 1) (Faith and justification).
4?« To know this regeneration you have to get to its fruits. Thus, as I said, man, freed from sin, that is, from his natural corruption, begins to produce the good fruits we call “good works “thanks to the power of Jesus Christ that dwells in him; that is why we rightly say that the faith we speak of cannot exist without good works but the sun without light or fire without heat (1 John 2:9-10; James 2: 14-17). (Faith and justification)