Editing Religions

'''Religions''' are founded in a [[cities|city]] of major [[nations]], becoming the ''Holy City'' of that religion. Religions can spread to other cities & tribal sites and be adopted by individual characters, families, tribes and whole nations. The religion's [[opinion]] towards a nation affects the discontent in cities with followers of that religion. Some [[laws]] (like Orthodoxy or Divine Rule) change the way religions are spread and adopted. Other laws (like Monotheism or Holy war) add to the benefits of having followers in cities.

==National Religions==
A national religion (such as Assyrian Paganism, Roman Paganism, etc.) is founded when the first [[improvements|shrine]] of each nation is built. It spreads to other cities only by building shrines of that religion in them. National Religions '''cannot''' recruit disciples or establish Theologies, unless adopted as a State Religion (using Divine Rule law).

==World Religions==
World Religions are founded when:
* The first nation completes the required condition for founding the religion (detailed below) , or
* A Nation founds the Clerics' Family Seat (only available for [[Assyria]], [[Egypt]] & [[Persia]] in the base game), or
* Through a cultural or other [[events|event]] ("''Moses''" event, for example, founds Judaism)


Once founded in a certain city, these religions passively spread to nearby cities and tribal sites. Cities with followers of a world religion can use its {{icon|growth}}growth output to produce Disciples - civilian [[Units]] that can perform these actions:
* Build unique [[improvements]] in cities with followers - Temple, Monestary, Cathedral 
* Build the unique "Wonder" of each religion in its Holy City
* Spread the religion by traveling to a city with no followers (consumes the unit)
* Establishe a Theology, if adopted as State Religion (consumes the unit) 

 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width="100px" | Name
! width="200px" | Condition to found
! width="100px" | Chance to spread
! width="400px" | Unique Wonder
|-
| Zoroastrianism
|
* [[Tech Tree|Divination]] technology
* 2 [[Specialist|Acolytes]] Specialists
| 10% / turn
| ''The Adur Burzen-Mihr''
* +2 Victory Points, +20 religion opinion
* Create disciple every 20 turns
* +20% culture, -2 stone per turn
* cost: 200 stone and 200 civics
|-
| Judaism
|
* [[Tech Tree|Labor Force]] technology
* 2 [[Specialist|Ranchers]] Specialists
| 10% / turn
| ''The Temple of Solomon''
* +2 Victory Points, +20 religion opinion
* Create disciple every 20 turns
* +20% culture, -2 stone per turn
* cost: 200 stone and 200 civics
|-
| Christianity
|
* [[Tech Tree|Metaphysics]] technology
* City with followers of Judaism and at least 12 citizens
| 15% / turn
| ''The Church of the Holy Sepulchre''
* +2 Victory Points, +20 religion opinion
* Create disciple every 20 turns
* +20% culture, -2 stone per turn
* cost: 200 stone and 200 civics
|-
| Manichaeism
|
* [[Tech Tree|Monasticism]] technology
* 2 global Zoroastrianism cities
* 2 global Christianity cities
| 15% / turn
| ''The Cao'an''
* +2 Victory Points, +20 religion opinion
* Create disciple every 20 turns
* +20% culture, -2 stone per turn
* cost: 200 stone and 200 civics
|}

==Theologies==
These tenets of belief can be added to a global religion, adopted as a state religion, by a [[Units|disciple]] following that religion. Only 1 theology of each tier may be added. Adding a theology also increases the chance for the religion to spread by 5% per year. 

===Tier 1 Theologies===

cost 200{{icon|civics}}civics
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width="80px" | Name
! width="300px" | Effects
|-
| Legalism
|
* -10%{{icon|Maintenance}} Maintenance in all cities
* +2{{icon|civics}} for every [[Improvements|Monastery]]
* +20 Opinion from [[Laws|Centralization]] law
|-
| Mythology
|
* +2{{icon|culture}} culture for every [[improvements|shrine]]
* +4{{icon|culture}} for every [[Improvements|Monastery]]
* +20 Opinion from [[Laws|Polytheism]] law 
|-
| Veneration
|
* -5% Rebel chance.
* +20{{icon|money}} for every [[Improvements|Monastery]]
* +40 Opinion from [[Laws|Iconography]] law 
|}

===Tier 2 Theologies===
cost 400{{icon|civics}}civics
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width="80px" | Name
! width="300px" | Effects
|-
| Revelation
|
* Extra 20% increase in chance to spread
* +0.5{{icon|orders}} for every [[Improvements|temple]]
* +30 opinion from [[Laws|Orthodoxy]] law
|-
| Gnosticism
| 
* +2{{icon|civics}} for every [[Projects|Archive]] project
* +4{{icon|culture}} in every [[Improvements|temple]] for every Elder specialist
* +20 opinion from [[Laws|Monotheism]] law
|-
| Dualism
|
* +1{{icon|science}} in each city for every religion it follows
* -1{{icon|unrest}} from every [[Improvements|temple]]
* +30 opinion from [[Laws|Tolerance]] law
|}

===Tier 3 Theologies===
cost 600{{icon|civics}}civics
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width="80px" | Name
! width="400px" | Effects
|-
| Redemption
| 
* +20% output for mines, quarries and lumbermills
* +20% output for harbors and hamlets in cities with a [[improvements|Cathedral]]
* +40 opinion from [[laws|Pilgrimage]] law
|-
| Enlightement
| 
* -1{{icon|unrest}} from every Elder Monk
* +1{{icon|growth}} for every citizen in cities with a [[improvements|Cathedral]]
* +40 opinion from [[laws|Philosophy]] law
|}

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