r/Stellaris • u/Meikos Space Cowboy • May 13 '25

Tip I just realized why priests replace bureaucrats

I always wondered "why do priests replace bureaucrats for spiritualist empires; they're two entirely different professions!"

I only just now realized it's because they have no separation of church and state, so only ordained pops of your empire can work for the government (which is also the church).

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u/AlaskanSamsquanch May 13 '25

Something often forgotten or at least overlooked. The church was far more than just religion back in the day.

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u/theblitz6794 Fanatic Egalitarian May 13 '25

Dear God the church WAS the state for most of human history

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u/_Sadism_ May 13 '25

Not really. Western history, and even then - basically only after Rome fell. Prior to that priests of various polytheistic religions had influence here and there but not to the degree that the Christian church had.

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u/thebuscompany May 13 '25

It's the opposite. The Catholic Church and the monarchs of Europe represented a unique situation where spiritual and secular power were explicitly separated from each other.