Erasmus and Beza

Whereas for Erasmus, the Greek text of the New Testament is first of all a source, which he treats in essentially the same way as any other classical text, for Beza, it is first of all (holy) Scripture, which has to be treated with the utmost reverence. In Beza we observe the Greek teacher at work, the humanist scholar with a vast knowledge of classical literature, but also the Reformation theologian for whom Scripture is the infallible source of salvation.

 

Jan Krans. Beyond What Is Written: Erasmus and Beza as Conjectural Critics of the New Testament (Leiden: Brill, 2006), 332