▁to ▁Bre men ▁to ▁try ▁to ▁recon cile ▁the ▁Church ▁difficulties ▁between ▁the ▁Cal vin ists ▁and ▁Luther ans . ▁His ▁task ▁was ▁difficult , ▁however , ▁since ▁the ▁Luther an ▁J od ocus ▁Gl ana eus ▁refused ▁to ▁meet ▁him ▁in ▁open ▁debate . ▁The ▁civil ▁authorities , ▁constru ing ▁this ▁as ▁cont um acy , ▁de posed ▁Gl ana eus , ▁and ▁Pe zel ▁pre ached ▁in ▁his ▁place . ▁He ▁soon ▁returned ▁to ▁N ass au , ▁but ▁in ▁ 1 5 8 1 ▁was ▁perman ently ▁appointed ▁the ▁successor ▁of ▁Gl ana eus ▁at ▁Bre men , ▁where , ▁four ▁years ▁later , ▁he ▁was ▁made ▁super int endent ▁of ▁the ▁churches ▁and ▁schools . ▁At ▁the ▁same ▁time ▁he ▁became ▁past or ▁of ▁the ▁Lie bf ra uen kirche , ▁though ▁he ▁also ▁retained ▁his ▁past or ate ▁at ▁the ▁An sg ari ik irche ▁till ▁ 1 5 9 8 . ▁He ▁took ▁an ▁active ▁part ▁in ▁impro ving ▁and ▁extending ▁the ▁work ▁at ▁the ▁Bre men ▁g ymnasium , ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁professor ▁of ▁the ology , ▁moral ▁philosophy , ▁and ▁history , ▁being ▁also ▁the ▁leader ▁in ▁all ▁the ▁the ological ▁controvers ies ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁Bre men ▁church ▁became ▁involved . ▁Pe zel ▁did ▁away ▁with ▁Luther ' s ▁C ate ch ism , ▁subst itut ing ▁for ▁it ▁his ▁own ▁Bre men ▁c ate ch ism , ▁which ▁remained ▁in ▁force ▁until ▁the ▁eigh teenth ▁century , ▁removed ▁images ▁and ▁pictures ▁from ▁the