1567
Guido de Bres, Belgian pastor and theologian (born 1522)
Guido de Bres, Belgian pastor and theologian (born 1522)
Guido de Bres, Belgian pastor and theologian (born 1522)
Guido de Bres
Walloon protestant theologian reformer
- Died
- 1567
Guido de Bres 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) still in use today in Belgium and the Netherlands. It is also used by many Reformed Churches all over the world.