
It is a trap that an Orthodox player should stay away from because this may easily lead to a disaster.Įvents are random and it is difficult to determine when they appear. With each event, you will be able to bolster up the Patriarch's authority. The Orthodox church also has a series of unique events that come with it - Patriarchal Authority. To learn more, see the chapter devoted to Holy See. The only religion with the access to papacy. Then, you can try and hold the Defender at all occasions especially that, for holding the title, you will be receiving a free Casus Belli against your religious opponents. In general, this is not the best of trade offs in history. The title remains active until the death of the ruler, or until you are bought out by a country with higher prestige. This bonus is awarded only once so, changing again will yield no results.Īn additional element of religion is the possibility to activate the title of "Defender of Faith". At this time, it may turn out that most countries will change their religion out of a sudden you can change either to Protestantism or reformation. When you open the religion window, you will notice the "reform desire" indicator. If any one of them shows no progress, remove him from that province straight away. You need to monitor the progress of each missionary. In such a situation, the missionary will be trying to convert the province until the end of times and never succeed! The bigger and the richer the province that you dispatch him to, and also if it is populated with an alien culture, the more factors there are to act against conversion. The situation is not that simple, though.

A missionary dispatched to a foreign province will increase the conversion ratio by a given percent. Unity has influence on the risk of rebellion and the cost of stability.Ī province can be converted with missionaries. Another important factor here is the Religious unity.Įach province in the country, which does not profess the national faith, decreases the unity. It is important that your tolerance, to the extent possible, is positive for any type, especially in the case of a multi-religious state like Turkey or even Poland.īut, it is worthwhile to unite your country under one religion not only for the sake of tolerance. These factors are additionally modified by various othe elements like ideas, legitimacy and the religion in question. The country, attitude to a religion is marked with the tolerance factor.

Your aim should be to a country that is uniform, when it comes to religion. It also translates into lower income from provinces. Foreign religions within a country not only wreak havoc among the citizens, but also increase the risk of revolt and the stability cost. Each country in the world has its own religion, which it deems the True Faith and, by default, it disagrees with another one. Religion has a great significance for the game.
