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Brès, Guy de, 1522-1567

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Personal name headingBrès, Guy de, 1522-1567
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Variant(s)Brès, Guido de, 1522-1567
Bray, Guy de, 1522-1567
Bresse, Guy de, 1522-1567
Brez, Guy de, 1522-1567
De Brès, Guy, 1522-1567
De Bray, Guy, 1522-1567
De Bresse, 1522-1567
De Brez, Guy, 1522-1567
Brès, Gui de, 1522-1567
Bray, Guido de, 1522-1567
Other standard no.0000000079717565
Birth date1522
Death date1567-05-31
Place of birthMons (Belgium)
Place of deathValenciennes (France)
Field of activityProtestantism Theology Reformation
Profession or occupationClergy Theologians
Found inOllier, D. Guy de Brès, 1883.
His The rise, spring and foundation of the Anabaptists, or re-baptized of our time, 1668: t.p. (Guy de Brez)
English Wikipedia, viewed on Dec. 7th, 2022 (Guido de Bres (also known as Guido de Bray, 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. 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.
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