Editing Theodore Beza (section)

===Teacher at Lausanne===
Theodore Beza was received in Geneva by [[John Calvin]], who had met him already in Wolmar's house, and was at once married to Claudine.{{sfn|Choisy|1914}} Beza was at a loss for immediate occupation so he went to Tübingen to see his former teacher Wolmar.{{sfn|Choisy|1914}} On his way home, he visited [[Pierre Viret]] at [[Lausanne]], who brought about his appointment as professor of Greek at the [[Academy of Lausanne]] in November 1549.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} Beza served as rector of the academy from 1552 to 1554.<ref name=HDS/>

Beza found time to write a Biblical drama, ''Abraham Sacrifiant'',<ref>{{cite book |first=Theodore |last=Beza |orig-date=1st Latin pub. Geneva 1550; English tr. 1577 |translator-first=Arthur |translator-last=Golding |translator-link=Arthur Golding |publisher=M. W. Wallace |location=Toronto |year=1906}}</ref> in which he contrasted [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholicism]] with [[Protestantism]], and the work was well received.{{sfn|Choisy|1914}} The text of some verses includes directions for musical performance, but no music survives.<ref name="Grove">{{Cite Grove |last=Gaillard |first=Paul-André |last2=Freedman |first2=Richard |title=Bèze, Théodore de|name-list-style=amp}}</ref>

In 1551, Beza was asked by Calvin to complete the French metrical translations of the Psalms begun by [[Clément Marot]].{{sfn|Choisy|1914}} Thirty-four of his translations were published in the 1551 edition of the [[Genevan Psalter]], and six more were added to later editions.<ref name="Grove" /> About the same time he published ''Passavantius'',<ref>[https://archive.org/details/lepassavantdeth00bzuoft ''Le Passavant''].</ref> a satire directed against [[Pierre Lizet]], the former president of the [[Parlement of Paris]], and principal originator of the "fiery chamber" ({{lang|fr|chambre ardente}}), who, at the time (1551), was abbot of St. Victor near Paris and publishing a number of polemical writings.{{sfn|Choisy|1914}}

Of a more serious character were two controversies in which Beza was involved at this time.{{sfn|Choisy|1914}} The first concerned the doctrine of [[predestination]] and the controversy of Calvin with [[Jerome Hermes Bolsec]].{{sfn|Choisy|1914}} The second referred to the execution of [[Michael Servetus]] at Geneva on 27 October 1553.{{sfn|Choisy|1914}} In defense of Calvin and the Genevan magistrates, Beza published, in 1554, the work {{lang|la|De haereticis a civili magistratu puniendis}} (translated into French in 1560).{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}