Sid Meier's Civilization V

Sid Meier's Civilization V

108 ratings
Christian Denominations (Historical Religions)
   
Award
Favorite
Favorited
Unfavorite
File Size
Posted
Updated
104.593 KB
9 Apr, 2013 @ 7:06pm
1 Sep, 2014 @ 8:15am
8 Change Notes ( view )

Subscribe to download
Christian Denominations (Historical Religions)

In 1 collection by Tomatekh
Tomatekh's Historical Religion Mods
17 items
Description
This mod works either stand-alone or as an add-on to either my Historical Religions mod or the Historical Religions Edit.

It splits Christianity into:

Catholicism
Protestantism
Anglicanism
Church of the East (Nestorianism)
Oriental Orthodoxy (Monophysitism)
Eastern Orthodoxy
Latter-day Saints/Mormonism (Restorationism)

The mod updates Ethiopia's preference to Oriental Orthodoxy, England’s religious preference to Anglicanism, and includes new religion icons and full civlopedia entries.

~~~

Note:
- Requires either the Gods and Kings or the Brave New World expansions.
- Updates to the mod will most likely break saved games. Do not update unless you are ready to start a new game.

~~~

Denomination Packs:
These mods work either stand-alone or as an add-on to my Historical Religions mods:
- Christian Denominations
-- Medieval Heresies
-- Protestant Denominations
-- Christianity Merge
- Islamic Denominations
- Hindu Denominations
- Buddhist Denominations
- Mesopotamian Denominations
- Greco-Roman Denominations
- Egyptian Denominations

All of my denomination packs are also collected in the Historical Religions Complete (BNW & GK) mod. Also check out my Great Prophet Historical Names mod.

~~~

Civfanatics Forum Thread[forums.civfanatics.com].

~~~

Previous Version:
v. 9 Download[www.dropbox.com]

~~~

Direct Download[forums.civfanatics.com]
87 Comments
Tomatekh  [author] 3 hours ago 
@RarkRit (1/4)

Hi, thanks for your interest!

First, you’re right that it’s an abstraction of other Coptic/African crosses, but not an arbitrary one.

So, in Civ V the religion icons had to have less detail than icons used in Civ VI or Civ VII. At the time, I also didn’t know how to change the icons used by Firaxis. The problem was then that, at smaller sizes, the regular Coptic cross looked too much like the cross used by Firaxis for Catholicism. So, I had to use something different.
Tomatekh  [author] 3 hours ago 
@RarkRit (2/4)

(As later Civilization games let me use icons with more detail, I suggest looking at the Civ VII version of this mod for more accurate religion icons and names: http://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3507130398)

One of the earliest types of crosses prevalent in early African Christianity is the Crux ansata:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_cross_variants#/media/File:Coptic_ankh_(bold).svg
This cross is, of course, derived from the Egyptian ankh. Because of this, the circle remains a popular an important symbol in later African and Coptic forms of Christianity.
Tomatekh  [author] 3 hours ago 
@RarkRit (3/4)

Now, if you look at the modern Coptic cross such as this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_cross_variants#/media/File:Coptic_cross.svg
You’ll notice that inside the outline, many versions still draw a circle in the middle where the bars intersect.

This circle is sometimes also emphasized in historical designs:
https://sdcason.com/content/images/size/w1200/2023/10/Handheld_crosses_Ethiopia_18th-20th_century_Brass_silver_wood_-3-_Dallas_Museum_of_Art.jpg

https://africadirect.com/cdn/shop/files/DSC_0363_39e46c2a-08d2-4b75-807e-7705ec0a0c56_720x.jpg?v=1703713972
Tomatekh  [author] 3 hours ago 
@RarkRit (4/4)

(Wikipedia also includes a version of the Coptic cross
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_cross_variants#/media/File:Coptic-Cross.svg
that looks like a mix of the Coptic cross and the Jerusalem cross)

So, in the Civ V version of the mod, I also decided to focus on the circle as it was an easy, simple feature to distinguish it from the cross design used for Catholicism.
RarkRit 14 hours ago 
Hello, modder. I'm a user who enjoys using mods with historical religious symbols. First, I'd like to thank you. I have a question, so I'm leaving a comment using Google Translate.

I'm curious about the source of the image for the Oriental Orthodox symbol. When I Googled it in English or with the image you created, I couldn't find any images of the Oriental Orthodox symbol.

I also looked into your Civilization 6 historical religion mod, and it used the Coptic Cross as the Oriental Orthodox symbol. So I wondered, "Is this an abstraction of the Coptic Cross in Civilization 5?" Anyway, I'm curious about the source. Thank you for reading.
Tomatekh  [author] 25 Jun, 2022 @ 9:36am 
@BODO Boinker please refrain from disparaging other belief systems in this thread. Regardless of your own personal religious views, LDS movements are largely classified as a form of Christianity and their beliefs overlap with a lot of other Restorationist Christian movements even if those beliefs don't overlap with what some call "mainstream" Christianity (i.e. Nicene Christianity).
kuan51 13 Dec, 2020 @ 6:25pm 
Thanks for adding the mormons! As a former mormon, I think its an awesome addition!
marina44664 21 Sep, 2018 @ 5:36pm 
@scott109 in what way do you mean that they are polytheistic? i can't speak for other groups calling themselves mormons, but the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, at least, is Christain, and does not worshop more then one god. we do belive in other heavenly beings, but we do not worshop them, they are gods family, so to speak. im feeling under the weather now, so i might not make a lot of sence, but i would be intrested in discussing it with anyone who cares to.
HistoryNerdJ2 26 Aug, 2018 @ 2:44pm 
Hey, thanks for adding Mormons. Can't wait to play.
76561198079364607 13 May, 2018 @ 5:47pm 
The Church of the East is all but dead, Oriental Orthodoxy and Eastern Orthodoxy are practically identical except for semantic differences in describing Christ's divine and human natures, Anglicanism is a form of protestantism, and Mormonism is a separate polytheistic religion.