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The Word of the Lord

pap_the_word_of_the_lord

When the Papacy speaks in matters of faith and governance, it speaks with an authority that no secular ruler can claim: the force of divine mandate expressed through the Bulla Papalis, a formal pronouncement that carries the weight of scripture to every Catholic court in Europe. We reinforce this with a legal tradition that stretches back to the donation of imperial authority itself, giving us not only the prestige of God's representative but the documented right to intervene in worldly affairs, sanction wars, and call the powerful to account before a higher court than any king commands. This standing as both spiritual voice and legal arbiter means that when we recognize a cause as just, allies gather faster and rivals hesitate longer than they would for any purely secular power.

RequiresRenaissance ThoughtAdvancerequires

Conditions

Potential

Is or was Papal States

Exact conditions

Advance tree

1. Renaissance
2. Renaissance Thought
3. The Word of the Lord

Modifiers

• Casus Belli Creation Speed+25%
• Diplomatic Reputation+4

Connections

Requires 2

Advances

• Renaissance ThoughtRenaissanceRequires

Countries

• Papal StatesPotential

Belongs to 1

• RenaissanceAge

Scripting 1

References 1

• Ddiplomatic_reputation_severe_bonusModifiers

Definitionin_game/common/advances/culture_median.txt:83

content_priority = 1000

age = age_2_renaissance

icon = pap_the_word_of_the_lord

▾potential = {

has_or_had_tag = PAP

}

casus_belli_creation_speed_modifier = 0.25

diplomatic_reputation = diplomatic_reputation_severe_bonus (+4)

requires = renaissance_thought

History