Complex sentence: Such violent resistance represents a departure from Mennonite theology, largely non-violent, and did not have the support of the majority of the Mennonite colonies, though such departure from traditional ideology is characteristic of the Russian Mennonites as a whole.
Split into simpler sentences: Such violent resistance represents a departure from Mennonite theology, largely non-violent, and did not have the support of the majority of the Mennonite colonies. However, such departure from traditional ideology is characteristic of the Russian Mennonites as a whole.