History Main / CrystalDragonJesus

* In ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'', the Healing Church is the primary religion of Yharnam, they treat Blood Ministration as a blessing, and ranked by attire: The Black Doctor, hunters who prevent the plague; The White Doctor, who handles medical knowledges; The Blood Saints, who grant their blood to the people; and The Choir, who communicate with the [[EldritchAbomination Great Ones]]. Their aesthetic is very Catholic, but their belief system integrates Japanese Buddhism as well.

* ''Fanfic/JerichoMLP'': The religion of the Teutsche -— a strange [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy warrior nation]] that is a sort of CultureChopSuey between UsefulNotes/{{Prussia}}, UsefulNotes/ImperialGermany, and the more heroic aspects of {{Eagleland}} (Flavor 1) -— is something of this. WordOfGod states that the religion is based on Christianity, but is not it. They share the sign of the cross -- which the narrator, [[FirstPersonSmartass Jericho]], a Teutscher himself, calls ''das Kreuzzeichen'' -- wear crosses, and even refer to their deity as "God" (or "Adonai", an old Hebrew name meaning "Lord"). However, the more details the story gives about the religion, the less Christian it seems. Like how they believe [[NameOfCain Kain]] to be a dark hero. Or, for one interesting example: "... the sixth tenet of the faith is 'you shall not murder'. It does not say 'you shall not kill'. I mean, yes, you could interchange those two things sometimes, but to murder and to kill are two different concepts. Murder is wrong. Killing is just a fact of life in this world we live in. The faith makes the distinction quite clearly. The faith teaches that there is no shame in taking somebody's life for the right reasons."[[note]]There are exceptions in Christianity as well, but the distinction is popularly ignored.[[/note]] And their version of the sign of cross is spoken with a different Latin phrase, which translates as "in the name of the Father, and of the Prophet, and of the Machine Spirit." Or, as it is said in the fic:

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': The polytheistic religions of the various settings usually have a LawfulGood deity whose religion is a direct parallel of Christianity.

*** The church of Paladine (an almost literal Crystal Dragon Jesus who takes the form of a platinum dragon) has many direct parallels to Roman Catholicism, including having formerly wielded an incredible amount of political power and having had an inquisition-like purge against wizards, non-humans, and worshipers of non-Good deities (or, more accurately, non-Paladine deities). Of course, said inquisition was rather on the extreme side, and lead directly to the "departure" of the Gods in the Cataclysm, where they "dropped a mountain on the city of Istar". The Gods themselves spent quite a bit of time attempting to avoid such things. Also notable is that Paladine is Dragonlance's direct parallel to the ubiquitous dragon deity Bahamut, also a Platinum Dragon Jesus, who also takes Tyr's place in post Spellplague Franchise/ForgottenRealms.

** Averted in the ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia''. Aslan literally ''is'' Jesus. WordOfGod (unavoidable pun) is that just as God the Son became incarnate as Jesus in our world, so he became incarnate as Aslan in Narnia. In one book the characters ask Aslan how they can continue to believe in him if he doesn't exist in their own world, but Aslan replies that he does, under a different name. This also means that the "Emperor Beyond the Sea", mentioned being Aslan's father, would be God the Father. Tash, on the other hand, clearly represents {{Satan}}, with Shift as the false prophet and Puzzle the (unwitting) Antichrist. Aslan's Country, of course, would be {{Heaven}} and is further based on {{Creator/Plato}}'s ideas of it being more real than our world (or Narnia, here where it is explicitly stated that Narnia is an imperfect refection of Aslan's Country), which Lewis liked.

** The Minbari religion has Valen, who was a Minbari not born of Minbari that came from nowhere, defeated the darkness, united all the Minbari peoples, brought a thousand years of peace, and is prophesied to return. He does (kind of) [[spoiler:in that he was Jeffrey Sinclair until he traveled a thousand years back in time and became half Minbari]].

* Joe, a mysterious Tuskegee pilot, in ''ComicBook/{{Ghostopolis}}''.
* In the ''Franchise/GreenLantern'' franchise, [[Characters/GLBlueLanternCorps Saint Walker]]'s people worship a single male god, and sometimes quote Bible-like verses.

** The religion of Sakaar seems very... familiar. Particularly, their legends of Sakaarson and the Worldbreaker present a clear dichotomy resembling that between Christ and Antichrist. They also refer to "the prophet" as one to whom thanks should be given, indicating a figure similar to Muhammad, as well. Later, Axeman Bone would kill children of Shadow descent until he found the true Son of Hulk, Sakaarson, the savior.
** Korg and the Kronans' faith is basically straight up Catholicism with the words changed, down to a Mad Libbed version of the Lord's Prayer; being stone men, instead of asking their lord to forgive their sins, they ask that He forgive their ''cracks''.

* ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'': Thor's face is based on the face of Jesus in the ComicBookFantasyCasting, and he was sent to Earth by the All-Father Odin to save the human race. He was taken down when he was in the air [[FauxSymbolism in a crucified posture]]. He even said "Father, father, why have you forsaken me" in his cell, if you need it more explicit. And he's eventually reborn as a God. We even had Hawkeye having his "Doubting Thomas" moment.

* The Arcean Order from the Pokemon fanfic ''Fanfic/BraveNewWorld'' is a SaintlyChurch with a direct line to the [[{{Multiverse}} Omniversal]] CelestialBureaucracy. In addition, [[TheMaker Arceus]] went out the way to invoke this trope by putting "Law Stones" on every inhabited planet.

* The original ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'' film franchise twists the usual take in an uncommon way. There is an ape religion centered on a prophet-like figure, The Lawgiver, whose teachings are contained on the Sacred Scrolls, but the deity above him seems to be indistinguishable from the Abrahamic God (outside of creating all apes equal and "in his own image", of course). Religion is also unified in an organized "church" that is one and the same with the political and judge class, and whose main interest is [[CorruptChurch to keep other apes]] [[AncientConspiracy from learning that humans once dominated the planet]]. Creator/TimBurton's [[Film/PlanetOfTheApes2001 2001 version]] turns this 180 degrees and makes the apes followers of the outright divine Semos, "the giver and origin of all life", with the sacred ruins of Calima identified as the place where Semos started creation.

** The prophecy of the Chosen One fits this trope almost perfectly. Of course, what actually happens makes Luke more Christ-like, redeeming his father through his suffering and all. And knowing Creator/GeorgeLucas, that's exactly where he was going with all the "hanging" imagery in ''Empire''.

* ''Literature/{{Maoyu}}'': The Church of the Light Spirit is based on the Catholic Church of the Middle Ages. From their general teachings to their structure and even how they deal with possible threats. They even dress mostly the same.
* Averted in the ''Literature/MemorySorrowAndThorn'' novels by Creator/TadWilliams, in which the religion of Usires Aedon is clearly Christianity with the proper names search-and-replaced (he was the avatar of God, he died nailed to a tree and arose, etc.), in keeping with the books' setting of FantasyCounterpartCulture version of Medieval Europe.

* ''[[Literature/NoGodsOnlyDaimons No Gods, Only Daimons]]'' by Kai Wai Cheah contains thinly disguised versions of both Christianity and Islam. Their respective cultures are... not getting along at the moment.

* ''Webcomic/AnsemRetort'' considers Franchise/{{Batman}} to be a god. WordOfGod assures us that Zombie Superpowered Batman is indeed terrifying.
-->'''ComicBook/GreenLantern Batman:''' YOU'RE ALL FUCKED.
** Ironically enough, one of the persons that asks you to accept Batman as your lord and savior? [[Literature/TheBible Jesus]].
--->'''Jesus:''' BATMAN DIED FOR YOUR SINS!

* The Church in ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'' is pretty much the Middle Ages Catholic Church complete with a Pope (residing in Romalia) and Christ-figure (Brimnir).

** Serra is also a Crystal Dragon Jesus, as a planeswalker. Serra is first introduced via Serra Angel. ''Homelands'' gives us Serra Inquisitors. But the big point for Serra is ''Urza's Saga'', with cards like Worship, Pariah, and a buttload of angels for Serra. The ''Urza's Saga'' editions of plains are all from Serra's Realm, and they feature [[FluffyCloudHeaven floating continents]]. Storyline-wise, Serra's Realm is attacked by Phyrexians (the {{Expy}} for hell), leading to Planar Collapse. A year later, the flavor text for Copper-Leaf Angel says "When Serra made angels, people called her a goddess. My angels are superior to hers." (Unless it's late in the game and you've got land to spare, they aren't). This only became more intense in the return to Dominaria set, where serran forces put church stained glass on ''everything'' from armor to weapons and celebrate her as a saviour figure.

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':

* ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'': Thor. Way, way more than the mainstream one. His face is based on the face of Jesus in the ComicBookFantasyCasting, and he was sent to Earth by the All-Father Odin to save the human race. He was taken down when he was in the air [[FauxSymbolism in a crucified posture]]. He even said "Father, father, why have you forsaken me" in his cell, if you need it more explicit. And he's eventually reborn as a God. We even had Hawkeye having his "Doubting Thomas" moment. Because he hast seen the Asgardian army, he hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed!

* ''Fanfic/ChasingDragons'' has the Faith of the Seven, still a very Christian-like religion, undergo a series of schisms similar to the Protestant Reformation. It starts when Septon Jonothor, the chief septon in the newly-established Kingdom of Myr, decides that he can no longer go along with the Faith's obsession with dogma over ethics; like Martin Luther, he publishes his beliefs on where the Faith should be going, gets excommunicated, and starts his own following, splitting the Faith into mainstream (Baelorite) and reformist (Jonothorian) factions. This inspires several reactionary schisms as well due to the view that the Baelorite leadership isn't doing enough to counter the perceived heresy, as well as the belief that the Faith has been corrupted by pandering to feudal politics -- Septon Ryman starts a Calvinist-like faction that believes salvation and damnation are already predestined, while a Puritan-like group of ultra-conservatives that calls itself "the Old Faith" starts organizing to preach a society free of any authority other than local religious leadership.

* The ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/JerichoMLP'' plays this trope straight, but does so in a very interesting manner. The religion of the Teutsche -— a strange [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy warrior nation]] that is a sort of CultureChopSuey between UsefulNotes/{{Prussia}}, UsefulNotes/ImperialGermany, and the more heroic aspects of {{Eagleland}} (Flavor 1) -— is something of this. WordOfGod states that the religion is based on Christianity, but is not it. They share the sign of the cross -- which the narrator, [[FirstPersonSmartass Jericho]], a Teutscher himself, calls ''das Kreuzzeichen'' -- wear crosses, and even refer to their deity as "God" (or "Adonai", an old Hebrew name meaning "Lord"). However, the more details the story gives about the religion, the less Christian it seems. Like how they believe [[NameOfCain Kain]] to be a dark hero. Or, for one interesting example: "... the sixth tenet of the faith is 'you shall not murder'. It does not say 'you shall not kill'. I mean, yes, you could interchange those two things sometimes, but to murder and to kill are two different concepts. Murder is wrong. Killing is just a fact of life in this world we live in. The faith makes the distinction quite clearly. The faith teaches that there is no shame in taking somebody's life for the right reasons."[[note]]There are exceptions in Christianity as well, but the distinction is popularly ignored.[[/note]] And their version of the sign of cross is spoken with a different Latin phrase, which translates as "in the name of the Father, and of the Prophet, and of the Machine Spirit." Or, as it is said in the fic:

* Mitra in Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian stories (crafted by Creator/RobertEHoward but elaborated upon by other writers after Howard's death) is often portrayed this way. While Set isn't directly analogous to Satan, he is the main evil god in that universe, and Mitra's followers think of Set as opposed to Mitra in ways that other gods do not.

** Paul would seem to be the Fremen's Crystal Dragon Muhammed... which is all the Bene Gesserit's fault for grafting their Kwizatz Haderach bits onto the Zensunni religion. Then he becomes everybody else's Crystal Dragon Muhammed via jihad.

* In ''Literature/HisDarkMaterials'' by Creator/PhilipPullman, the Magesterium stands in for the Catholic Church.

* An interesting version in ''In High Places'', one of Creator/HarryTurtledove 's Crosstime Traffic books, where the religion is an alternate universe version of Christianity. In the alternate universe the Black Death lasted longer, and in the aftermath Christians began worshiping Henri, God's Second Son. Just like with Jesus, Henri's followers use the device that killed him as their symbol (a wheel, as Henri was stretched on a large wooden wheel and rolled down a hill, crushing him).
** In his ''{{Literature/Videssos}}'' which features a FantasyCounterpartCulture version of Byzantine history, Turtledove excels in creating an in-depth fantasy version of Medieval Eastern Orthodox Christianity, along with multiple heresies that are pretty much just people going to war over the small print. Later in the prequels, he creates a Crystal Dragon Zoroaster for his fantasy version of the Persians.

* The Church of the Light Spirit in ''Literature/{{Maoyu}}'' is essentially the flagrantly corrupt and power abusing Catholic Church of the Middle Ages. From their general teachings to their structure and even how they deal with possible threats (claim the threat is a heretic and kill them). They even dress mostly the same.

* The Music/BlueOysterCult's album Music/{{Mirrors}} has "The Great Sun Jester" whichsets a Creator/MichaelMoorcock scifi novel to music. ''The Fireclown'' is about a cosmic Messiah who comes to Earth on a mission of love, peace and redemption, preaching, in the words of Creator/DouglasAdams, that people should be nicer to each other for a change. Sure enough, the Fireclown ends up being crucified.

* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'', being sort of based on Arthurian legend, has a fictional religion that borrows aesthetics from Christianity, though it is primarily based on Shintoism; the Temple of Time resembles a Christian sanctuary, the young Zelda wears a wimple like a nun or passion bearer.

** Given the revelation that [[spoiler:that she is the human incarnation of the Goddess Hylia]] in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Sword]]'', [[spoiler:Zelda]] may actually be the biggest example of this in the franchise, though she is mostly inspired by Amaterasu, the Japanese Sun Goddess.

** The religion is mildly Judeo-Christian. The Wallists either believe that God built the mysterious walls that protect them from the Titans or that the Walls themselves are God.

** In Pre-Crisis days, Krypton's worship of Rao was portrayed very similarly to Judaism and Christianity. ''ComicBook/TheKryptonChronicles'' miniseries even depicts the prophet Jaf-El (an ancestor of Superman's) who helped usher in the age of monotheism on Krypton.

* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'', being sort of based on Arthurian legend, has a fictional religion with many parallels to Christianity; the Temple of Time resembles a Christian sanctuary, the young Zelda wears a wimple like a nun or passion bearer.

** This was stronger earlier in the series. The "Book of Magic" in ''The Legend of Zelda'' is a "Bible" in Japan; Link's shield in the first two games bears a cross; in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'' (''Triforce of the Gods'' in the original Japanese), Sanctuary is a Christian church, the kanji for the priest there are "holy father" (where Agahnim's kanji are "master of rituals"), and the artbook depicts Link in the Sanctuary, kneeling before a crucifix.
** Given the revelation that [[spoiler:that she is the human incarnation of the Goddess Hylia]] in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Sword]]'', [[spoiler:Zelda]] may actually be the biggest example of this in the franchise.

* The lore of the ''{{VideoGame/Bayonetta}}'' franchise is heavily steeped in old testament of Christianity, in particular the literal designs of the angels featured in the game. It also features a clear {{Heaven}} and {{Hell}}-{{Expy}} in Paradiso and Inferno, both of which are populated by [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angels]] and [[OurDemonsAreDifferent infernal demons]], although both are ultimately run by goddesses named Jubileus, The Creator and Queen Sheba. ''VideoGame/Bayonetta2'' expands things by also introducing the {{God}} of Chaos, Aesir, who sacrificed his presence in the world to grant humanity free will. Also, while not said outright, it is strongly insinuated that classic religions do exist (what with the presence of churches and nuns), but Paradiso is only worshiped as a FluffyCloudHeaven due to the angels being basically a VillainWithGoodPublicity.

* The unnamed religion in ''VideoGame/NightInTheWoods'' is ambiguously Judeo-Christian. They have pastors, a church with traditional Gothic architecture, pews, and stained glass, and both saints and a Pope. They also celebrate Easter and Halloween, but not Christmas. On the other hand, the symbol is an 8-pointed star, God is referred to as a "They", "Longest Night" is a solstice celebration, and the three words appearing in the sanctuary are Faith, ''Peace'', and ''Joy'' ("Hope, and Love" are the equivalent [[UsefulNotes/{{Christianity}} fruits of the spirit]]).

* One of the best-known video game examples may be the ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' series. They may not use the Crystal Dragon Jesus heavily in the plot, but every game requires players to go to "confession" in a church to save the game. The buildings are also heavily influenced by Christian churches -- large cathedral structures in the cities, and small huts with some pews and an altar in the farm villages. ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII'' used a Goddess, ''[[VideoGame/DragonQuestVII VII]]'' used a thinly-veiled analogue of the Judeo-Christian God (who was also an OptionalBoss), and ''[[VideoGame/DragonQuestIX IX]]'' had Zenus the Great Architect, but the rest of the games were vague about just ''what'' the deity in question was.

* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'', being sort of based on Arthurian legend, has a fictional religion with many parallels to Christianity; the Temple of Time resembles a Christian sanctuary, the young Zelda wears a wimple like a nun or passion bearer, and the three Golden Goddesses and their Triforce can be seen as a parallel to Christianity's Holy Trinity.

* In the world of ''VideoGame/BarkleyShutUpAndJamGaiden'', the people worship a deity known as Clispaeth, who was once the leader of the setting's equivalent of the American Revolution. After he was crucified by the British army, his followers proceeded to wage war for 666 years, ultimately leading to the Cyberpocalypse.

* ''Inverted'' in Creator/JRRTolkien's book ''Literature/TheSilmarillion''. Eru (God) has a lot of similarities to the Christian deity (as to be expected from a Catholic author), but the way in which his creations worship him is very different from traditional Christian practice-if you want to technical about it, he '''is''' the Christian deity. There are very few ceremonies, only a couple per year. And worship is never carried out in buildings; indeed, temples and churches are associated with evil by worshipers of Eru. In Númenórean worship, only the King or Queen could speak to Eru directly and make (bloodless) offerings, and most prayers or hymns seen in the mythology are addressed to one of the Valar (who roughly correspond to archangels or pagan gods). With them, there is something of a hierarchy of Crystal-Dragon Angels and saints, in a rather Catholic way. And only few mortals having the line to god and the majority having to go through them is quite a Catholic understanding of prayer.

* One of the best-known video game examples may be the ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' series. They may not use the Crystal Dragon Jesus heavily in the plot, but every game requires players to go to "confession" in a church to save the game. The buildings are also heavily influenced by Christian churches -- large cathedral structures in the cities, and small huts with some pews and an altar in the farm villages. ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII'' used a Goddess, ''[[VideoGame/DragonQuestVII VII]]'' used a thinly-veiled analogue of the Judeo-Christian God (who was also a BonusBoss), and ''[[VideoGame/DragonQuestIX IX]]'' had Zenus the Great Architect, but the rest of the games were vague about just ''what'' the deity in question was.

* The Minbari religion from ''Series/BabylonFive'' has Valen, who was a Minbari not born of Minbari that came from nowhere, defeated the darkness, united all the Minbari peoples, brought a thousand years of peace, and is prophesied to return. He does (kind of) [[spoiler:in that he was Jeffrey Sinclair until he traveled a thousand years back in time and became half Minbari]].

** Inverted in ''VideoGame/GuildWars2'', where [[spoiler:Glint is murdered by her former boss Kralkatorrik. Unfortunately Glint's PlotArmor wasn't sufficient enough to warrant a [[DeathIsNotPermanent Resurrection Shrine]].]] Kralkatorrik is just as much a Crystal Dragon as Glint, but whose alignment is the exact opposite of Glints. In effect between the two Games you have a Crystal Dragon Jesus, and a CrystalDragonSatan not to mention a CrystalDragon EldritchAbomination, the latter two both being the same entity.

* On the ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP'', Church Prime is a major religion on the server based around Twitch Prime, with the Terms of Service being the holy scripture of the religion, and features many Christian elements like the concept of the Holy Trinity. HolyWater even becomes a plot device during the Eggpire arc, where the [[HolyBurnsEvil main weakness of the Crimson appears to be holy water from the waterfall in the church]]. Overall, it is PlayedForLaughs, as it started out as a joke among several SMP members.

* The Saint Church of Ancient Belka in ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' even has Jesus and ShroudOfTurin analogues. Some of the reformed S3 villains end up joining the Church. Nanoha adopts a clone of their Jesus figure (Vivio) as her daughter. For their part, the Saint Church officially considers Vivio a "descendant of the Saint King", rather than a reincarnation or a Second Coming, and do not worship her (though they do refer to her as "Your Majesty").

* The Church in ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'' is pretty much the Middle Ages Catholic Church complete with a Pope (residing in Romalia) and Christ-figure (Brimnir).

* The Church of the Light Spirit in ''LightNovel/{{Maoyu}}'' is essentially the flagrantly corrupt and power abusing Catholic Church of the Middle Ages. From their general teachings to their structure and even how they deal with possible threats (claim the threat is a heretic and kill them). They even dress mostly the same.

* In ''Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar'', the archetypal HighFantasy anime, priests and paladins can be seen wearing crosses on their vestments/armor -- even if they worship separate gods.

* The loosely connected spinoff ''Anime/RuneSoldierLouie'' heavily features the Church of Mylee, which closely resembles a crusader order, except that it's exclusively female. (Male priests of Mylee play an important part in Lodoss War as well, it's possible that there are separate orders for men and women, though there is no rule of celibacy.)
* The church of Mauser in ''LightNovel/ScrappedPrincess'' has many of the Christian trappings, with a fair amount of local color.
* In ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'', there's a literal dragon-worshiping church with suspiciously cross-like sunburst symbols and temples that tend to look rather Catholic. Their god Ceiphed sacrificed himself to save the world too and left behind four elemental dragon gods. Large factions of the church tend to have extremist policies about what's right in saving the world.

* The Church in ''LightNovel/SpiceAndWolf'' is heavily reminiscent of pre-Reformation Catholicism, complete with indulgences.

* In the Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire series:

* The Church in ''LightNovel/TorturePrincessFremdTorturchen'' is ''very'' Catholic, built upon a mythology of a female Suffering Saint that took on all of mankind's sins; her statue in the capital's central square weeps tears of blood. The Church is more powerful than the secular king and maintains a holy order of paladins, and even has a Pope -- with the absurd name of Godot Deus--who was responsible for placing the {{geas}} on Elisabeth (the eponymous Torture Princess). The Church is overall a force for good in this series but is riven with corruption [[spoiler:that gets worse after Godot Deus is killed in the demon attack on the capital]].

The name itself is a DeadUnicornTrope as few writers are willing to literally use a Crystal Dragon (which would also be a CrystallineCreature), but it does get the idea of random in-universe creatures. Furthermore, there's the belief that [[NewAgeRetroHippie new-age]] [[PowerCrystal crystals do everything]] and it's convenient for writers who want to make a [[MessianicArchetype Christ figure]] come across.

[-[[caption-width-right:350:"Our Father, [[AnAxeToGrind who wieldeth an axe]], hallowed be thy name..."]]-]

** ''TabletopGame/{{Eberron}}'': The Church of the Silver Flame, which has many paladins in its service and bears similar parallels to Catholicism, including ruling an entire country and leading its own inquisitorial purge against lycanthropes and their shifter cousins back in the day. It's worth noting that Keith Baker, the setting's author, designed Eberron so that clerics of a given god do not have to share that god's alignment, allowing for KnightTemplar villains among the ranks of good churches as well as {{anti hero}}es among the darker faiths. Although the Sovereign Host is farther from Catholicism in organisation than the Church of Silver Flame, it does have enough stylistic similarities to be the source of the page image.[[note]]That blue-yellow cross-thing? The symbol of the Sovereign Host as a whole.[[/note]] In fact their symbol, minus the coloring, is an old Christian symbol, being described by Clement of Alexandria and other places. It also gets bonus points for resembling the Coat of arms of the Church of Norway which actually is a cross [[AnAxeToGrind holding axes]].

* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' games commonly do this, generally draping stories of "past hero" around a Bishop-class character. Usually the head deity/hero of the church will have the title of Saint. They aren't an actual God, just a really cool person. The Elibe games, ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazinBlade'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade'', have Saint Elimine. ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones The Sacred Stones]]'' has the Theocracy of Rausten. Its founder was the only person strong enough to shake off the [[{{Satan}} Demon King's]] MindControl.

** The worship of the Emperor of Mankind is always depicted as having a distinct Roman Catholic flavor. 40K fluff has it that the Emperor was born in 10,000 BC, and spent the whole of human civilization guiding humanity from the shadows until he went public round about the year 30,000 AD to lead the crusades to reunite the human space empire. There is a strong implication that he was Jesus. Took him that long to realize that Love and Peace weren't working. Seeing as he decided on an atheistic stance before he got mauled, maybe he just realized that faith just strengthened Chaos anyway. Also, there is at least some fluff that indicates that, though he saw the value of warfare in defense of humanity, the more over-the-top racism and xenophobia of the Imperium crept in after his "death".

* ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasy'': The ([[FantasyCounterpartCulture Holy Roman]]) Empire's main religion, the Cult of Sigmar, can be described as Roman Catholicism if Jesus was a mix of UsefulNotes/{{Charlemagne}} and Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian. Unlike many other examples of this trope, the Empire tolerates the open worship of the rest of the Old World pantheon (basically a combo of various pre-Christian European religions), with most people praying to the appropriate god as needed; the Cult of Ulric is also a major political player and their rivalry with the Cult of Sigmar parallels the Protestant-Catholic divide in the historical Holy Roman Empire.

* The Hanged Redeemer in the ''Literature/{{Cale}}'' trilogy from the ForgottonRealms tie-in books. Played with in that Jesus of Nazareth is known, but seems to be confused with Jonah.