Chalcedonism in-game refers to forms of Christianity pre-Great Schism that followed the definition of the nature of Christ decided at the Council of Chalcedon in AD 451. It would spread across Europe, through the Roman Empire, until the schism. After the schism, Chalcedonism would become Catholicism in the West, and Orthodoxy in the East.
If you want to convert a province to this religion using the: change_religion [<province ID>/<Target Country Tag>] [<religion>] command you have use the word chalcedonism as the religions name in the afor mentioned command. For example: change_religon 284 chalcedonism. This will change the religion in province 284 to chalcedonian.
See also: The Great Schism
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Mechanics[]
Chalcedonism is in the christian group, and all other religions in the christian group pre-schism are considered heretics, i.e. Arianism, Nestorianism, and Miaphysitism. Every other religion will be considered heathens.
Unique mechanic: Holy Sites of the Chalcedonian Faith: Byzantium, Rome, Alexandria, Antioch, Judaea
Holy Sites are special provinces. When Holy Sites have the Chalcedonian faith owned by a Chalcedonian nation you can activate one of five "Patriarchal Blessings". Choose carefully as they are activated in a permanent order and you will lose the most recent blessing you have chosen should the Holy Site lose the faith or nation it requires.
Patriarchal Blessing effects:
Legitimize Government +0.50 Yearly Legitimacy
Encourage Warriors of the Faith +10.0% Manpower Recovery Speed
Send Monks to Establish Monasteries +1.5% Missionary Strength
Christian Law -15.0% Stability Cost Modifier
One True Faith +2.00 Tolerance of the True Faith
Events[]
Chalcedonism will spread to any neighboring province until the year 867, with an exception to Hellenic provinces in which it's until the year 840.
The Great Schism can happen to Chalcedonian nations any time after the mid-800s.
Convert to Chalcedonism[]
Requirements:
- Stability at least 1
- Is at Peace
Effect:
- Religion Changed to Chalcedonism
- Lose 4 Stability
- [Country] gets Recent Conversion for 5 years giving the following effects:
- +2.00 National unrest
- +20.0% Stability Cost Modifier
Possible for: