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At any rate, it is very likely that Beza saw the Belgic Confession at a later date. In 1566, the synod of the Reformed churches in the Netherlands, meeting in Antwerp, revised their confession. They sent it to the brothers in Geneva so that, after having received their approval, it could he printed. This approval must have been given, for the 1566 edition of the Belgic Confession was printed in Geneva. Because Beza was the moderator of the Genevan pastors from 1564 onward, it can he inferred that he saw the confession and approved its printing. This is telling, for the Dutch churches had made their own confession, which was different from both the Gallican Confession used by the Reformed churches in France and from Beza's confession which was used by the Hungarian church. However, this prevented neither Calvin nor Beza from approving the Belgic Confession as a useful summary of the Reformed doctrine.