Christian

## Religious Modifiers

Missionary Strength +2%Tolerance of the True Faith +2.00

Local Missionary Strength -6.0%Local Resistance to Reformation +90%

## Religion Mechanics

Defender of the Faith

Has Reformation Centers

**Apostolic** (christian) refers to the early version of Christianity - monotheistic religion recognizing Jesus Christ as the Messiah sent unto the world by the One God Yahweh.

Uses Defender of the Faith mechanics which allow the aforementioned Defender of the Faith to garner bonuses the more autonomous nations on the map follow the True Faith.

The Defender of the Faith mechanics are divided in five levels, from having one nation minimally (Level 1), to having at least 50 following the True Faith (Level 5).

The Christian Faith has Reformation Centers spreading their faith to nearby provinces.

The Christian Faith started humbly as a sect of Judaism led by Jesus of Nazareth, who was claimed to have been a virgin birth to his mother, Mary. Jesus Christ was baptized by John the Baptist, a major figure at the time for all Abrahamic religion followers, and went on to preach the word of God, whom he called his Father. During his travels, not only did he amass a following of zealous witnesses, the would-be Apostles, but he also made numerous statememts concerning not only his being as one with God and preconceived before Abraham, but also the current state of the faith of Israel, even performing miracles on Gentiles, that brought the attention of the religious authority of the Jewish people at the time, the Sanhedrin.

When he came to Jerusalem, Jesus is said to have been acclaimed like a king by the crowd; this worried not only the Sanhedrin but also the roman authority under provincial governor, Pontius Pilate. Jesus preached in Jerusalem for most of a week when he was betrayed by one of his own Apostles, Judas, who publically witnessed to the Sanhedrin's accusation of treason against the Roman State. Jesus was judged both by the Sanhedrin, who found him guilty, and was brought before Pontius Pilate, who delegated the responsibility to Jewish tradition. Jesus still was not freed, and was sentenced to death by crucifixion for his crime against the roman state.

Jesus died on the cross on a hill named Golgotha and was buried nearby in a cave. Three days later, the tomb was found to be empty, and Jesus appeared to the Apostles, not only unharmed from his ordeal on the cross but also more divine in appearance. Jesus declared the end of death for all those who believed in him to save them in the grace of God, and sent the Apostles to spread the good news to the rest of the Earth.

The Apostles then proceeded as ordered, and spread Christianity throughout the known world. Christianity spread like wildfire in the East, especially Armenia, which was already undergoing a spiritual revolution in the form of Eastern mystery mysticism, and spread more slowly but still rapidly enough in the underclasses of the Roman core territories.

Historically, the Christian faith would eventually subsume most if not all of pagan holdings in occidental Europe; due to its popularity and incredible usefulness to a centralizing state, the Roman Empire would declare it the state religion in 380 AD.