• silica@lemmy.ml
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    7 hours ago

    Is it similar to Greek Orthodox? Or a completely distinct variation from the older variants (Catholic, Greek Orthodox, the recent Protestant) in Europe?

    South asia has the Syrian Christians which has changed over time due to the local culture.

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      It’s a little complicated actually because it describes both a specific movement and a general moral-police trend, in the way Luddite has two meanings. Skimming the wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puritans should cover the major points but the short version is they believed the government should enforce Proper Christian behavior and they hated Catholics (and most other Christians). Also they banned Christmas.