Guido de bres amersfoortse
Guido de bres amersfoort...
Guido de Bres
Walloon protestant theologian reformer
Guido de Bres (also known as Guido de Bray,[1]Guy de Bray and Guido de Brès, 1522 – 31 May 1567) was a Walloon pastor, Protestant reformer and theologian, a student of John Calvin and Theodore Beza in Geneva.
He was born in Mons, County of Hainaut, Southern Netherlands, and was executed at Valenciennes.
Guido de bres amersfoortse
De Bres compiled and published the Walloon Confession of Faith known as the Belgic Confession (1561) (Confessio Belgica) still in use today in Belgium and the Netherlands. It is also used by many Reformed Churches all over the world.
Early life
De Bres was born in Mons, today in southwestern Belgium. His father, formerly known as Jean Du Beguinage (alternatively: Jan le Béguinage), was an itinerant blauschilder [lit. blue painter] which is indicative of the tin-glazed process, a precursor to Delftware, introduced into the Netherlands by Guido de Savino in 1512 at Antwerp.
Jean changed his name to de B