Baird's The French Reformer Theodore Beza

Engrossing! Baird unforgettably recaptures Theodore Beza, the Father of the French Reformation. Following Calvin, Beza preached the predestinate recognition of the necessity of all temporal existence as an effect of the absolute, eternal, and immutable will of God. Baird vividly captures the first 40 years of the French Reformation in the 16th century. Beza did the final revision of the French Bible, and produced Greek edition of the New Testament, with the Vulgate text and his own translation in parallel columns.


The First volume records his early life and ministry. The Second Volume focuses on Beza becoming Calvin’s able successor.