Each person is born with an inner demon, and only intense prayer can drive it out. Messalians believe that God can be perceived by the carnal senses, and that this perception is necessary to reach perfection. The Messalians, or Euchites ('Those who Pray'), are a heretical Christian sect that originated in Mesopotamia, influenced by dualistic faiths like Zoroastrianism. Like many Catholic heresies, they loathe the wealth and ostentation of the clergy and advocate a return to a more original form of Christianity. Lollard heretics are opposed to perceived corruption within the Catholic Church. In their heyday, iconoclasts destroyed innumerable such decorations and icons, sometimes even urged on by Iconoclast Emperors. Iconoclasts believe that religious images - icons and depictions of holy figures in particular - are a form of idolatry and must not be allowed. The Iconoclast heresy plagued the Byzantine Empire in multiple waves. Fraticelli heretics are violently opposed to Church wealth and displays of opulence. It is devoted to poverty and asceticism - especially for men of the cloth.

The Fraticelli, or 'Little Brethren', is a Catholic heresy that originated in the Franciscan Order of monks. They only have a single sacrament - the Consolation - to remove sin and turn the believer into a Cathar 'Perfect'. The Cathar, or Albigensian, heresy rejects confession and the holiness of the clergy and of the Pope. Bogomilists believe that the world was created by an evil demiurge - the Devil. Expand it to learn more.īogomilism is an originally Orthodox Christian heresy with Gnostic elements that completely rejects the ecclesiastical hierarchy and advocates a return to early Christianity. The following table contains the flavour descriptions of the CK2 denominations.

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