Tips on how to mend the Great Schism?

[Nikephorus16]

So with the 90% authority requirement to mend the great schism it seems nigh impossible to do so. Has anyone gotten their religious authority that high to do it? And if so how?

 

[theStormWeaver]

A successful ERE should have absolutely no trouble with that.

Your primary method of expansion should be Holy Waring the middle east. You should be one of the only Orthodox countries in the world at the time, so moronic AI losing Holy Wars shouldn't be driving it down either.

Build more church buildings in your holdings? Convert some pagans? (I once converted two duke's in west Africa early in an Old Gods campaign and was delighted to see them form a pair of massive Sub-Saharan kingdoms).

 

[Nikephorus16]

Ah yes, I forgot about building more church buildings. You would still have to get pretty lucky for 90% though right?

 

[Saintrl]

Ah yes, I forgot about building more church buildings. You would still have to get pretty lucky for 90% though right?

Win in a crusade, Jihad, GREAT HOLY WAR: +10% moral authority (you do not have to be on the attacking side necessarily). Building temple holdings grants you a few percent for each one. Winning Holy Wars will nab you +3% per war (you don't have to be the one to actually declare). Crushing Infidel Rebels nets you a few percent as well. Grab all the Holy Sites, relatively easy for a big ERE (even Rome should be a cake walk unless the HRE moved in). Indeed, using holy wars to acquire the holy sites will pair nicely with your goal of accumulating a lot of moral authority. After all your conquests in the holy land expect plenty of Jihads and Holy Wars (including invasions and conquest CB which count as Holy Wars I believe) and (assuming you win them all) get a lot of moral authority. Defeating infidel rebels which pop up in your fresh conquests will also give you a nice little boost to your moral authority. Converting Pagan rulers gives a few percent and usually you'll see them convert even more rulers netting you that much more moral authority. In short, gogo authority farm. (Pope ain't got nothin' on dis!)

Note: many of the moral authority increases are only temporary so be sure to plan accordingly! Only moral authority from holy sites and 'organized religion' are constant.

 

[theStormWeaver]

Win in a crusade: +10% moral authority. Building temple holding grants you a few percent. Winning Holy Wars will nab you 3% per war (you don't have to be the one to actually declare). Crushing Infidel Rebels nets you a few percent as well. Grab all the Holy Sites, relatively easy for a big ERE (even Rome should be a cake walk unless the HRE moved in). After all your conquests in the holy land expect plenty of Jihads and Holy Wars (including invasions and conquest CB which count as Holy Wars I believe) and (assuming you win them all) get a lot of moral authority. Converting Pagan rulers also gives a few percent and usually you'll see them convert even more rulers netting you that much more moral authority. In short, gogo authority farm. (Pope ain't got nothin' on dis!)

I'm assuming he's Orthodox, so Crusades are out the window.
Pretty sure defeating a Jihad nets you more authority than a simple Holy War.

Basically, go crazy on holy wars and converting pagan rulers (ones with the cynical trait, the rest will just jail your Ecclesiarch).

 

[Saintrl]

I'll edit my post for clarification. By crusade I was referring to the crusade mechanic (for all religions); winning in a Jihad has the same effect on moral authority as winning in a Crusade.