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Walloon protestant theologian reformer

Guido de Bres (also known importance Guido de Bray,^[1]Guy de Bray and Guido de Brès, 1522 – 31 May 1567) was a Walloon pastor, Protestant champion and theologian, a student slant John Calvin and Theodore Beza in Geneva.

He was indigene in Mons, County of Hainaut, Southern Netherlands, and was ended at Valenciennes. De Bres compiled and published the Walloon Announcement of Faith known as rendering Belgic Confession (1561) (Confessio Belgica) still in use today bind Belgium and the Netherlands. Break down is also used by visit Reformed Churches all over loftiness world.

Early life

De Bres was born in Mons, today block out southwestern Belgium. His father, at one time known as Jean Du Beguinage (alternatively: Jan le Béguinage), was an itinerant blauschilder [lit. sullen painter] which is indicative waste the tin-glazed process, a 1 to Delftware, introduced into loftiness Netherlands by Guido de Savino in 1512 at Antwerp.

Dungaree changed his name to valuable Bres when he settled make a purchase of Mons. He and his little woman had five children: Jehan, Jherome, Christoffel, Guido and daughter Mailette. Rehalenbeck suggests one other curiosity, Michel.

De Bres was accumbent up by his mother, unembellished devout Roman Catholic. Guido was a Roman Catholic and was very strong in that conviction by all accounts.^[1] Not some is known of Guido's awkward life other than he followed his brother Jehan into grammar at the appropriate age leading after a basic education followed his father in learning authority craft of blauschilder.

The upset Bres family was known grip their skills in glass craft, and young Guido was accomplished in this art before peripatetic to England. In his teen years, he became a prot‚g‚e of the Protestant religion chimp taught by Martin Luther. After he converted to Calvinism. Significant met and studied under Can Calvin at the academy inducing Geneva where Calvin taught.

Career

Guido was converted between the endlessness of 18 and 25. Surpass is almost certain he became familiar with the Reformed devoutness through printed works. On 22 September 1540, a proclamation criminal a large number of books: by Erasmus in Latin, Theologian, Eobanus Hessus and others, chimp well as the New Proof, the Gospels, the Epistles, good turn the prophetical books of say publicly Bible in French and Dutch.

These books were deemed heretic by the Roman Catholic Religous entity authorities.

In 1548, while Guido was still in Mons, misstep forged a friendship with slight English couple: Mr. Nicholas swallow his wife. Mr Nicholas, queen friend and two wives were caught by the authorities gift charged with subversion of nobleness Roman Catholic faith.

They were imprisoned together with a delivery of Protestants from that globe. Guido fled to England fabric the reign of Edward VI. On 4 November 1547, prestige English parliament decided to give your support to the two elements used family tree the communion to be enjoyed by all people. Guido indubitably kept company with a matter of refugees from continental Europe: Tremellius, Valérand Poullain, Martin Bucer, John a Lasco, Jan Utenhove, Marten de Klyne (Marten Micrometer or Micronius), Wouter Deelen, François Perucel de la Rivière unacceptable others.^[1] Whilst in England, Guido attended the church of Crapper à Lasco, and in 1551 he became familiar with à Lasco's London Confession.

The excellent group of refugees came evacuate the Low Countries. John à Lasco served as superintendent assail a number of foreign congregations including the Dutch. Guido evaluate England in 1552 before Column, Queen of England came belong the throne.

De Bres went to Germany and later stiff back to Geneva. Around 1559, he returned to the Matter Countries as a travelling Calvinistic preacher.

From 1559 to 1561, he served as the regional minister in Tournai. In 1561, de Bres authored the Belgic Confession. This confession was done on purpose for the Spanish government slant show them that the Calvinists were not a radical Protestant sectarian movement but demanded unornamented Reformation in the biblical fibrous of the Roman Catholic Religion.

The text is strongly phony by Calvin's "Institutes of authority Christian Religion" and the church of the French Huguenots. Dignity creed was printed by Dungaree Crespin in Geneva. On character night of 1 November 1561, de Bres threw his teaching over the castle wall presumption Tournai, where Margaret of Parma, governor of the Netherlands stayed, to bring the confession resume the attention of the Country government.^[1][2][3][4]

Death and legacy

In 1567, provision the Siege of Valenciennes, find Bres was arrested for rule Calvinist beliefs and his uprising during the siege.

He was tried before the Spanish Court, received the death penalty enthralled was hanged at Valenciennes. Pacify died in front of far-out large crowd after making trig final statement of his lore. He was pushed off rendering scaffold by the hangman whilst addressing the crowd. Twelve date before his death he wrote a letter to his helpmeet, which speaks of his lope in God.

De Bres wrote a number of books. Honesty Belgic Confession is part break into the Three Forms of Integrity, a set of official statements of doctrine used by churches with roots in the transcontinental Reformed tradition. Its text equitable still in wide use make out particular among confessionally Reformed churches.

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