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Young US men are joining Russian churches promising 'absurd levels of manliness' (www.bbc.com)

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[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not really. That was primarily because the king of England at the time (Henry VIII) wanted the freedom to divorce his wives and take new ones repeatedly - he literally asked the pope to annul his marriage and the pope told him no.

Well, he took that personally.

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

And the post-Tudor CoE lost interest in persecuting people fairly quickly, mainly Catholics and nonconformist Protestants. Past King Billy's time, they've just been lukewarm and mildly inclusive, like most other mainstream Protestant sects.