Sunday Quizword

[chriso]

30 down. Providing relief through the expression of repressed emotions. (9) G?t?a?t?c.

[mac44]

cathartic

[maurice]

cathartic (your g must be wrong)

[chriso]

I get the g from 30 across which is Belief system associated with the puritans.
(9) ??l?i?i?m. which gives me Gallicism. unless thats wrong.

[sandyRoe]

calvinism

[chriso]

That must be it, although when I google it it says,Calvinism (also called the Reformed tradition, Reformed Christianity or the Reformed faith) is a major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practice of John Calvin and other Reformation-era theologians.
I didn't associate it with the puritans.
Thanks.

[sandyRoe]

I think both are dour and joyless expressions of faith.

[scorpiojo]

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puritan