Traditional Family Faith

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Various different Protestant denominations; Methodism (mostly Primitives; including several ministers), Calvinism (Presbyterian Church of Wales, aka 'Calvinistic Methodism' - the religious denomination created with the specific intent of making theology students weep bitter tears into their red wine) and - to a lesser extent - Low Church Anglicanism. Quite possibly one branch was some other form of Nonconformity (they were from the Valleys so maybe Baptists or Independents - that is Congregationalists) but I've never checked.

The unifying factors being a love for whitewash, moralising and Sabbatarianism, coupled with a dislike of incense and other such superstitious popery.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I can add a colourful update to my old post in this thread, though as it refers to just one person it isn't entirely within the spirit of the thread. But whatever. My Great-Great Grandad was for a time a Salvationist - having apparently converted after seeing The Light in the middle of the street while presumably quite drunk - but had a big fall out over some minor issue or other and returned (but as an observant member rather than a purely nominal one) to the Primitives.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Primitives?  Do you mean some form of Calvinist Baptist?  Wikipedia is not helpful here, so I am unsure of your meaning.

Primitive Methodism

[Filuwaúrdjan]

But OMG dude how could you? After all culture and tradition! oakvale would hate you so much.

I mean this in the least offensive way possible, but you need to cut back on your drinking.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

It... er... didn't really come across that way...

[Filuwaúrdjan]

*although to be fair, going back in my Dads family there are Catholics.

If you go back far enough in the families of, like 95% of British people there are Catholics...

(or are there? Was Mediaeval Catholicism really the same religion as Catholicism after the Counter Reformation?)

[Filuwaúrdjan]

People could go mad trying to get their head around a question like that.

That's what makes it a good question. All good questions have the capability of turning people into gibbering wrecks.