Theodore Beza was a French Calvinist Protestant theologian, reformer and scholar who played an important role in the Protestant Reformation. He was a disciple of John Calvin and lived most of his life in Geneva. Beza succeeded Calvin as the spiritual leader of the Republic of Geneva.
Portrait of Beza at age 58, 1577
Beza at age 24, 16th-century portrait
Portrait of Theodore Beza, by English School, 17th century
The Reformation Wall in Geneva. From left: William Farel, John Calvin, Beza, and John Knox
Protestant Reformers were theologians whose careers, works and actions brought about the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century.
Fictitious dispute between the leading Protestant Reformers (sitting at the left side of the table: Luther, Zwingli, Calvin, Melanchthon, Bugenhagen and Oecolampadius) and the representatives of the Catholic Church