id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-7070 Theodore Beza - Wikipedia .html text/html 5233 559 66 Beza succeeded Calvin as a spiritual leader of the Republic of Geneva, which was originally founded by John Calvin himself. After Clément Marot's death in 1544, John Calvin asked Beza to complete his French metrical translations of the Psalms. In defense of Calvin and the Genevan magistrates, Beza published, in 1554, the work De haereticis a civili magistratu puniendis (translated into French in 1560).[2] Until 1580, Beza was not only moderator of the Company of Pastors, but also the real soul of the great institution of learning at Geneva which Calvin had founded in 1559, consisting of a gymnasium and an academy. As Calvin's successor, Beza was very successful, not only in carrying on his work but also in giving peace to the Church at Geneva. Beza's Greek New Testament[edit] Works by Theodore Beza at Post-Reformation Digital Library The Life of John Calvin by Beza ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-7070.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-7070.txt