John Knox : the hero of the Scottish Reformation . i. z *. ?xo a —- .—. £ uu 3 u 1559] On the Continent 127 their adherence that the substance of the EnglishPrayer-book should be accepted. Negotiations,in consequence, were broken off and Knox offeredto retire with a view to peace. Meanwhile, how-ever, Thomas Lever, one of the Zurich community,accepted a call to be Knoxs colleague, and be-came the leader of a section of the Frankfort con-gregation who favoured the introduction of theEnglish Liturgy. Both parties agreed to submitthe question to Calvin, who deprecated contentionabout forms of pra
John Knox : the hero of the Scottish Reformation . i. z *. ?xo a —- .—. £ uu 3 u 1559] On the Continent 127 their adherence that the substance of the EnglishPrayer-book should be accepted. Negotiations,in consequence, were broken off and Knox offeredto retire with a view to peace. Meanwhile, how-ever, Thomas Lever, one of the Zurich community,accepted a call to be Knoxs colleague, and be-came the leader of a section of the Frankfort con-gregation who favoured the introduction of theEnglish Liturgy. Both parties agreed to submitthe question to Calvin, who deprecated contentionabout forms of prayer as too much out of sea-son, but gave it as his opinion that the Prayer-book contained many foolish things which mightyet be tolerated (tolerabiles ineptias) and hadnot that purity which was desired. * A compro-mise was adopted in February, 1555, accordingto which the Liturgy as a whole was to be used,but the litany, congregational responses, andcommemoration of saints were to be omitted; thesurplice was not to be worn, and sitting wasto be sub
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