It's a shame because they have seemed to take an approach of focusing exclusively on the positive elements of other faiths, such as Protestantism, Islam, and Orthodoxy, which in turn has made those more fun to play. Also, some of the events in game perpetuate the myth that the Bible was not translated into vernacular languages until after Martin Luther. Don't even get me started on the fact that the "Counter-Reformation" used to cause a tech cost increase, despite the fact that one of the primary goals of the counter-reformation was to *expand* education in Europe. Click to expand.How about the fact that Catholic is still the only commonly-played religion in the game which actually penalizes the player for being Catholic? And worse, it's a "tolerance of heretics" penalty which feeds off of the old Spanish Black Legend that Catholics were somehow less tolerant of other Christians than any other Christian group.
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