Posts Tagged Knoxian

Contra Knox

… astonished, disgusted and dejected, having found so much blatant Romanism hiding behind the Knoxian shield. Grindal commented, “the church of Scotland will not be pure enough for our men.” Nor is the Knoxian idea of a church pure enough for me.

George M. Ella, Mülheim

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The Troubles at Frankfurt

… being the revolutionaries, politicians and Puritans of a later but brief Presbyterian age.

Knoxian basics briefly listed

     The supposed scenario is that a Reformed group of English believers, all Calvinists, except for one Anglican, settled in Frankfurt, drew up a simple church order and called Knox as their pastor. The following year, a minority group of Highchurchmen, led by nigh-Papist Richard Cox, came from Strassburg, took over the church and insisted on introducing …

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