Theodore Beza\u2019s course of activity was, in the words of the author, \u2018long and brilliant.\u2019 He presided over the Reformed church in the French-speaking countries of Europe for many years, and was its recognized counsellor and leader in times of peril. His friendship with John Calvin, and also with the French king, Henry IV, ensured that his influence in both church and state was not insignificant\u2014 indeed, Beza\u2019s was a career rich in incidents and dramatic interest.<\/p>\n
As Paul Wells notes in his Introduction<\/em> to this new edition of Baird\u2019s life of Beza, \u2018some plants flourish in the shade of mighty trees.\u2019 Theodore Beza was such a plant\u2014a significant \u2018Reformer in the wings\u2019 who became a major actor in the development of the magisterial Reformation and the spread of the Reformed faith in France.<\/p>\n Beza stepped into the shoes of Calvin as the spokesman of French Protestants in the diaspora, and as the figurehead of a refugee church\u2014a church faced with theological error, and opposition from the powers that be. Beza\u2019s work remains a model of faithfulness under duress for believers worldwide in comparable situations today\u2014it is for that reason that this new edition of his Life<\/em> has been published.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Book Description Theodore Beza\u2019s course of activity was, in the words of the author, \u2018long and brilliant.\u2019 He presided over the Reformed church in the French-speaking countries of Europe for many years, and was its recognized counsellor and leader in times of peril. His friendship with John Calvin, and also with the French king, Henry […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":128293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[1261,20442],"product_tag":[5595,1734],"class_list":{"0":"post-94717","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-history-biography","7":"product_cat-reformation-weekend-24","8":"product_tag-ebooks","9":"product_tag-new-releases","10":"pa_binding-cloth-bound","11":"pa_binding-cloth-bound-ebook","12":"pa_binding-ebook","13":"pa_format-book","14":"pa_isbn-20017","15":"pa_original-pub-date-2503","16":"pa_page-count-2174","17":"pa_recent-pub-date-19939","18":"pa_recent-pub-date-year-19931","19":"pa_subtitle-the-counsellor-of-the-french-reformation","20":"pa_theauthor-baird-henry-martyn","21":"pa_topic-reformer-biography","23":"first","24":"instock","25":"purchasable","26":"product-type-variable","27":"has-default-attributes"},"bundled_by":[],"bundle_stock_status":"instock","bundle_stock_quantity":null,"bundle_virtual":false,"bundle_layout":"","bundle_add_to_cart_form_location":"","bundle_editable_in_cart":false,"bundle_sold_individually_context":"","bundle_item_grouping":"","bundle_min_size":"","bundle_max_size":"","bundle_price":[],"bundled_items":[],"bundle_sell_ids":[],"yoast_head":"\n