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Autonomous Churches: Royal Authority over the Divine

Have you ever been annoyed with the Pope, but didn't want to entirely break from the Catholic Church by forming custom religion? Than this mod is just for you!

"Autonomous Churches" adds an option for rulers of religions with specific doctrines to "Establish Ecclesiastical Autonomy", that is to designate your court chaplain as the head of the Realm Church, allowing you to access from him interactions normally reserved for Religious Heads (Pope, etc.), while increasing the acceptance chance.
However you will suffer some drawbacks, like reduced opinion of zealot vassals, head of faith, and lower piety gain.

The mod is rather vague, but it is supposed to represent things like "Gallicanism" in France, or to a degree, Anti-Papacies.

As far as I know Catholic Trinity mod adds an extensive system of Anti-Papacy, however the Catholic Trinity is very extensive mod in itself, making it hard to maintain compatibility when using other mods.
That's why I've decided to create something simpler, and the only major vanilla element that Autonomous Churches overwrite is Court Chaplain entry in councillors files, and scripted trigger for their appointment.

And let me know if you find any possible bugs or oversights.

Now Chinese Translation is included in this mod: https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3403925213

The mod has been updated recently to streamline some features, removing the special title that was prone to bugs and oversights.