Church (STW building)
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A Daimyo that accepts the offer to trade with the Portuguese when they visit can then build Jesuit Churches. If he does so he becomes Christian, and cannot build Buddhist Temples without losing his Christian status. A Daimyo who's religion does not match that of his people risks religious unrest. The Church produces Priests who function as Emissaries, but won't be killed out of hand by other Christian Daimyo.
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The Portuguese not only brought advanced military technology in the shape of guns, they also imported a religion as well: Roman Catholicism. The Jesuits who came to Japan spread a very militant variety of Christianity, as they were
formed in Europe as “soldiers of the Counter-Reformation”. Their leader, Loyola, had been a military man and he imbued the whole order with a martial spirit that was appealing to the samurai. Within a few years of their arrival, the Jesuits had converted substantial sections of the local population. The persecutions of the Tokugawa shogunate lay in the future. With a flock of converts, the Jesuits lost little time in making sure that there were churches for the newly faithful as a visible sign of their influence. Daimyo who build Jesuit
Churches must have adopted Christianity as their religion.
Once built, Churches help to spread the doctrine of Christianity to the local population, increasing the number of Christians in nearby provinces and, in the long term, reducing the chance of a religious revolt. A church allows the training of Priests. It can be eventually improved to become a Cathedral, which has consequently greater power in spreading Christianity.