Benedictus Aretius
Benedictus Aretius was a Swiss Protestant theologian, Protestant reformer and natural philosopher.Life
He was born at Bätterkinden, in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. He studied at Strasbourg and at Marburg, where he became professor of logic. He was called to Bern as a school-teacher, 1548, and became professor of theology, 1564.
He died at Bern on 22 March 1574.Works
His major work, Theologiæ problemata, was a compendium of the knowledge of the time and was highly valued. His Examen theologicum ran through six editions in fourteen years. His works also include
