• Added two new Sampsaean faiths: Quitism and Kentaeism
  
• Added Cathar faith variants Albanenses, Bagnolenses, Concorezzenses, Ketzer, Pasagianism, and Philipi, which will eventually be developed further
  
• Added other new Christian faiths including: Strigolniki, Zhidovstvuyushchiye, Novatianism, Rogatism, Pneumatomachi, and Jovinianism
  
• Changed faith icons for a handful of faiths
  
• (Hopefully) Fixed crashes related to decisions and events added in previous versions
  
• The faiths unlocked by the autocephalous decision now begin with head of faith titles, which are filled once the autocephaly decision is taken
  
• Added in decisions to allow the player to change their faith's communion doctrine, the AI will (should) not take this
  
• Debuffed the Padua and Ephesus holy sites to only raise the men at arms cap by 15

December 2023 Update

• Restructured communion/autocephaly doctrines
  
• Divided the Dualism religion between Manichaeism and Sampsaeism, with certain Dualist faiths placed into the Christian religion
  
• Certain faiths can now begin as hidden, preventing them from appearing until they are unlocked
  
• Added a decision to establish autocephaly, allowing certain ethnic churches to appear mid-game; of which there are the following: Bulgarian Orthodox (begins as established in the 1066 start date), Serbian Orthodox, Baltic Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, Vlach Orthodox, Finnish Orthodox, and Polish Orthodox; all of which have their own regional holy sites
  
• Renamed vanilla's Manichaeism to Denawar Manichaeism, and added the following Manichaean faiths: Babylonian Manichaeism, Martari, and Dayhurianism
  
• Moved Mandaeism, Sabianism, and Elchasaitism into the new Sampsaeism religion
  
• Added new Jewish faiths: Isawitism, Yudghanitism, Menahemism, Himyaritism, Teimanism, and Dositheanism
  
• Added new Christian faiths, those mentioned above excepted: Bohemian Catholicism, Collyridianism, Gaianism, Julianism, Horoms, Ivirs, T'sat, Irenopolis Melkite, Romagyris Melkite, the Maphrianate, and the Valesians
  
• Changed the effects of the liturgical rite doctrines
  
• Added and distributed many new holy sites
  
• Added an Iranian religious family/hostility group, which includes the religions Zoroastrianism, Yazidism, and Manichaeism
  
• Added four new tenets: Baptism by Fire, Ritual Washing (Heremobaptists), Eunuch Priesthood, and Cultus Mariam
  
• The Ecclesiology doctrine group should no longer appear for non-Christian religions
  
• (Hopefully) Fixed crashes related to faith creation
  
• Added a Messianic temple authority for certain Jewish faiths
  
• The Gnosticism tenet no longer impacts faith hostility
  
• Christian faiths with the Gnosticism tenet or Demiurge doctrine can select one of four Gnostic schools: the Manichaean school, the Marcionite school, the Sethian school, or the Valentinian school; they will view faiths of the same school as astray
  
• Miscellaneous changes and updates to the code at various places

• Tewahedo Orthodox now properly spawns

• Added five new faiths: Aerianism, Albanian Apostolic, Amalricianism, Aquileianism, and Monothelitism
  
• Maronites now begin outside of any communion and use the Monothelite Christology, and a decision has been added to change this
  
• Integrated some lovely icons made by an individual called Wizrobed
  
• Changed localizations for many faiths, including those of vanilla, to better reflect the direction of this mod
  
• Changes to character & county faith/culture are now performed after the game starts to ensure compatibility
  
• Added many new holy sites
  
• Revamped Christology doctrines and added five new doctrine sets
  
• The following doctrines are mostly to lay a foundation upon which I or other modders can expand
  
• The Christology doctrines presently are mostly for flavor but will eventually be tied to various events, and the options are: Adoptionism, Docetism, Diophysitism, Miaphyisitism, Monophysitism, Monothelitism, Nestorianism, and Psilanthropism
  
• The Circumincession doctrines determine the relationship between different faiths, and the options are: Arianism, Binitarianism, Modalism, Trinitarianism, Tritheism, and Unitarianism
  
• Pneumatology doctrines determine the faith's theology on the Holy Ghost and will eventually serve as event flavor, especially between the Catholics and Orthodox, and the options are: Single Procession (Proceeds from the Father), Dual Procession (Proceeds from the Father and from the Son), and Modalistic
  
• The Eucharist doctrines determine a faith's Eucharistic theology, and will eventually determine potential outcomes for a still-in-development decision to receive communion, and the options are: Transubstantiation, Consubstantiation, Pneumatic, Memorialism, and Adeipnonism
  
• The Baptism doctrines determine how a faith treats baptism, and the options are: Sacramental, Nonsacramental, "Pentecostal", and None
  
• The Soteriology doctrines determine how a faith views sin, and I hope to eventually tie these doctrines to stress gain/loss, and the options are: Augustinianism, Total Depravity, Pelagianism, Antinomianism, and Gnostic

• Added some custom localizations to the Nazarene, Simonian, Ebionite, and Elchesaites
  
• Added inactive holy site Edessa
  
• Added decision for faiths with the Nestorian Christology to restore the School of Edessa, thus activating the holy site Edessa and granting all Nestorian Christology faiths the Church of the East special doctrine
  
• Removed dual communion doctrine
  
• Removed Aniconism from Syriac Orthodoxy

• Added Donatism
  
• Carthaginianism begins as a rite of Catholicism
  
• Montanism should appear as a heresy more frequently (it was allegedly still around in the 9th century)
  
• Added new saint localizations to the Antiochene Melkite, Maronite, Syriac Orthodox, Montanist, Donatist, and Carthaginian faiths (as far I can tell, this is purely for flavor in events)

• Fixed clothing triggers

• Updated to 1.9.1
  
• Added Temple Authority doctrines to the Jewish faiths added by this mod
  
• Moved Temple Authority into the Ecclesiology group
  
• Added Tewahedo, Slavic Orthodox, Free Spirit Brethren, and Stephanites
  
• Renamed Jacobite Church to Syriac Orthodox
  
• Added Mission Territory tenet to discourage you from staying Slavic Orthodox
  
• Expanded boundaries of Pentarchy to cover the entire map
  
• Added decision for Orthodox rulers to convert to the faith representing the Pentarch's jurisdiction wherein their capital resides (AI will always eventually take this decision)
  
• Revamped heresy to include most of the faiths added by this mod
  
• Added Game Rule to restrict heresies so that certain faiths may only appear after they did historically (this is disabled by default but I recommend enabling it)
  
• (Hopefully) dealt with the issue of non-random artifacts being doubled upon game start
  
• Suppressed Latin Patriarchates

• Changed an "8" to a "9"

• Updated to 1.9.0
  
• Added Roman Orthodox, Serbian Orthodox, and Cypriot Orthodox
  
• Added decision for Orthodox faiths (including custom faiths) to become autocephalous
  
• Added decision for Orthodox faiths (including custom faiths) to become Catholic
  
• Added decision for Orthodox rulers to establish a Roman Orthodox Patriarchate as their vassal
  
• Implemented very basic Pentarchy for Orthodox faiths
  
• Changed icons for the two Hussite faiths, for Fraticelli, and for Arianism
  
• Changed holy sites for Orthodox Pentarchs
  
• Increased number of provinces controlled by Antiochene Christians in both start dates
  
• Malankaran faith is now Nestorian