Editing Theodore Beza (section)

===Calvin's successor===

For 22 months Beza had been absent from Geneva, and the interests of school and Church there and especially the condition of Calvin made it necessary for him to return, as there was no one to take the place of Calvin, who was sick and unable to work.{{sfn|Choisy|1914}} Calvin and Beza arranged to perform their duties jointly in alternate weeks, but the death of Calvin occurred soon afterward (27 May 1564). As a matter of course Beza was his successor.<ref name="Major Bib">{{cite book|last=Farthing|first=John L.|title=Dictionary of major biblical interpreters|year=2007|publisher=IVP Academic|location=Downers Grove, Illinois|isbn=978-0-8308-2927-9|edition=2nd|editor-last=McKim |editor-first=Donald K.|page=193|chapter=Beza, Theodore}}</ref>

Until 1580, Beza was not only moderator of the [[Company of Pastors]], but also the real soul of the [[University of Geneva|Academy of Geneva]] which Calvin had founded in 1559.{{sfn|Choisy|1914}} As long as he lived, Beza was interested in higher education.{{sfn|Choisy|1914}} The Protestant youth for nearly forty years thronged his lecture-room to hear his theological lectures, in which he expounded the purest Calvinistic orthodoxy.{{sfn|Choisy|1914}} As a counselor he was listened to by both magistrates and pastors.{{sfn|Choisy|1914}} He founded the Academy's law faculty in which notable jurists such as [[François Hotman]], [[Giulio Pace]], [[Lambert Daneau]], and [[Denis Godefroy]], lectured in turn.<ref name=HDS/><ref>cf. [[Charles Borgeaud]], ''L'Academie de Calvin, '' Geneva, 1900</ref>