It wasn't too bad but then the only warlike one got excommunicated and murdered.
You all assume too much I believe. Lately there has been some dynamic shifting within the Church also due to the influences of the CoI. Maybe I''m kinda responsible for that, who knows?... However Aeneas in this case has seen the CoI crumble (and he blames many things for that) and would be careful to see that happen on FEI. Doesn't mean the Church does not go to war. However due to the delicate context of Arcaea and Cathay (their only possible friends really) not accepting religious powerplay, it is suicide for the Church to just war every "evil" religion as you saw in the Last huge war with Kindara and PoZ.
We'll see how long the church lasts this time. The last time I managed to destroy it by going to war with Arcachon and Arcaea, backed up by Lasanar. When Lasanar fell, so did Sartania and the church, almost then. Hope my chars do better this time for their sake haha.
