History YMMV / FaithTheUnholyTrinity

** Just how unreliable of a narrator is John? His written account of Amy's first exorcism contains an ImmediateSelfContradiction on her location, his flashback of the exorcism contains an odd bit of MultipleChoicePast depending on the player's action, there is a TimeSkip-like sequence in Faith I where the situation goes from John being ambushed by an invisible Amy in the basement to John being upstairs on the bed and fending her off, John hallucinates on multiple occasions, the Vatican not being able to confirm his identity as a priest, [[spoiler:he abducted and locked away Amy during the events Faith I which we do not see during the game and he believes the twins are real when they're just mannequins]]. However, Garcia and Lisa confirm many of his beliefs.

** The Second Death ritual involves making a portal to Hell out of someone's face and feeding living babies through it to summon demons. This is how Gary was brought into the world, and this is what he seeks to do to as many people as possible. But then ''Tiffany'' shows up, gets jealous of Gary's favoritism toward Amy, and decides to perform this ritual ''on herself''. Not only that, but instead of using seven babies, she elects to prove her devotion by using "seventy times seven", or ''490''. Even Gary - [[spoiler:who, in case you forgot, is the demon '''''Astaroth''''']] - is taken aback by just how far Tiffany has gone, thanking John for getting rid of her.

*** "A riddle, priest. How do you make a portal to Hell?" - It references the final location of the game, whose entrance is normally blocked by a barrier. The rest of the riddle is about how to open the passage, aka "make a portal".

*** "Sometimes, it opens itself in the deepest, darkest room where nobody can find it." In Day 2, you must find a way to [[spoiler:access the secret floor in the DarkWorld]]. Also, the "it opens itself" part references [[spoiler:how Tiffany willingly performed the Second Death - a ritual meant to open a portal to Hell - on herself]].

*** Expanding on this revelation, remember the letter from the beginning of Part I that Mrs. Martin sent to her husband? [[spoiler: Was she the one playing with the deer carcass instead of the twins?]]

** Michael gets a few of these. "CORRUPTION THOU ART MY FATHER" references Job 17:14, and "I HAVE THE BODY OF A PIG", a reference to Matthew 8:28-34. Being that Michael is [[spoiler:never exorcised no matter what ending you get, even after three months with the experienced exorcism skills of Father Garcia]], it's a clue that dealing with him means DeathIsTheOnlyOption because, however he got it, the demon in him has permission to be there.

** '''MORTIS''' [[labelnote:Explanation]]This is what the game over screen says after you die. And you will die a ''lot''. It also helps that it's very unique for a game over screen.[[/labelnote]]

** Smooth moves, priest.[[labelnote:Explanation]] One of the notes you obtain after slaying a OptionalBoss in ''Chapter III'' has [[BigBad Gary]] taunt John with this line.[[/labelnote]]

* NarmCharm: When you finally meet Gary Miller, the AmbiguouslyHuman leader of the Order of the Second Death, he pulls back his hood to reveal that the ominous white eyes of his are actually [[spoiler:some ridiculous CoolShades he wears under his cultist attire. At first it ''completely'' breaks the tension of the climactic confrontation with the BigBad of the game, but then he twists his face into a worse and worse NightmareFace with each question you ask him, until the glasses are partially covered by ''his own melting flesh'' before he suddenly snaps back to normal. This makes it clear that the glasses are really just there to help him pass off as [[PhraseCatcher a normal human being, just like you and me]].]]

** The story tries to not show its hand entirely, but the implications the latter two chapters have go a long way in implying that ''far too much of the local region'' is under the thrall of the Eternal Order of the Second Death, judging by them being around every other corner or bad happening. [[ParanoiaFuel And they seem to know everything John and Garcia are doing...]]

** [[spoiler:[[FauxAffablyEvil Gary Miller]] is the [[AmbiguouslyHuman inhuman]] leader of the Eternal Order of the Second Death who desires to summon forth The UNSPEAKABLE and bring about HellOnEarth. Under Gary's leadership, the Order takes over an abortion clinic, transforming unborn children into horrifying abominations and getting several people killed in the process. They also regularly summon dangerous demons who butcher numerous people, and murdered several children at a daycare. At the clinic, Gary met Amy Martin and tried to use her to summon The UNSPEAKABLE, mutilating her and [[WouldHurtAChild sacrificing infants]] as part of the ritual. When priest John Ward stops the ritual and tries to stop the cult, Gary attempts to repeat the ritual with Ward's best friend. Gary also mistreats his followers, twisting them into inhuman monsters, breaking the fingers of those who displease him, and causing many to be killed by demons. When Ward arrives at his lair, Gary slaughters several cops and attempts to summon The UNSPEAKABLE through Ward, a process which involved chemically MindRaping Ward and causing him to rip apart several cultists in the process.]]

** [[FauxAffablyEvil Gary Miller]] is the [[AmbiguouslyHuman inhuman]] leader of the Eternal Order of the Second Death who desires to summon forth The UNSPEAKABLE and bring about HellOnEarth. Under Gary's leadership, the Order takes over an abortion clinic, transforming unborn children into horrifying abominations and getting several people killed in the process. They also regularly summon dangerous demons. At the clinic, Gary met Amy Martin and tried to use her to summon The UNSPEAKABLE, mutilating her and [[WouldHurtAChild sacrificing infants]] as part of the ritual. When priest John Ward stops the ritual and tries to stop the cult, Gary attempts to have his friend possessed by a demon. [[BadBoss Gary]] also mistreats his followers, twisting them into inhuman monsters, breaking the fingers of those who displease him, and causing many to be killed by demons. [[spoiler:When Ward arrives at his lair, Gary slaughters several cops and attempts to summon The UNSPEAKABLE through Ward, causing him to rip apart several cultists in the process.]]

** [[FauxAffablyEvil Gary Miller]] is the [[AmbiguouslyHuman inhuman]] leader of the Eternal Order of the Second Death who desires to summon forth The UNSPEAKABLE and bring about HellOnEarth. Under Gary's leadership, the Order takes over a childbirth clinic, transforming unborn children into horrifying abominations and getting several people killed in the process. They also regularly summon dangerous demons. At the clinic, Gary met Amy Martin and tried to use her to summon The UNSPEAKABLE, mutilating her and [[WouldHurtAChild sacrificing infants]] as part of the ritual. When priest John Ward stops the ritual and tries to stop the cult, Gary attempts to have his friend possessed by a demon. [[BadBoss Gary]] also mistreats his followers, twisting them into inhuman monsters, breaking the fingers of those who displease him, and causing many to be killed by demons. [[spoiler:When Ward arrives at his lair, Gary slaughters several cops and attempts to summon The UNSPEAKABLE through Ward, causing him to rip apart several cultists in the process.]]
** The [[EldritchAbomination UNSPEAKABLE]] is the demon worshiped by the Eternal Order of the Second Death. Said to be of incomprehensible power, the Order's ultimate goal is to summon the UNSPEAKABLE through a twisted ritual of mutilation and infanticide. In its name, the Order has committed HumanSacrifice, and summoned murderous demons for decades. [[spoiler:When Amy Martin was chosen as a vessel for the UNSPEAKABLE, it [[DemonicPossession possessed her]] and gruesomely murdered her parents and Father Allred and tormented John Ward. Depending on John's actions, the UNSPEAKABLE either [[YouHaveFailedMe drags Gary to hell for failing it]], or is successfully summoned and drags John to a realm of eternal torment while the UNSPEAKABLE brings destruction and chaos to the world.]]

* OffendingTheCreatorsOwn: Some Christians accuse the game's themes of Satanism and the occult of being blasphemous. Airdorf himself is Christian and his responses to the claims are that he believes "if God is to be acknowledged, then it is just as fair to acknowledge the Devil as well."

** The Second Death ritual involves making a portal to Hell out of someone's face and feeding living babies through it to summon demons. This is how Gary was brought into the world, and this is what he seeks to do to as many people as possible. But then ''Tiffany'' shows up, gets jealous of Gary's favoritism toward Amy, and decides to perform this ritual ''on herself''. Not only that, but instead of using seven babies, she elects to prove her devotion by using "seventy times seven", or ''490''. Even Gary - who, in case you forgot, is the demon '''''Astaroth''''' - is taken aback by just how far Tiffany has gone, thanking John for getting rid of her.

** [[FauxAffablyEvil Gary Miller]] is the [[AmbiguouslyHuman inhuman]] leader of the Eternal Order of the Second Death who desires to summon forth The UNSPEAKABLE and bring about HellOnEarth. Under Gary's leadership, the Order takes over an abortion clinic, transforming unborn children into horrifying abominations and getting several people killed in the process. They also regularly summon dangerous demons. At the clinic, Gary met Amy Martin and tried to use her to summon The UNSPEAKABLE, mutilating her and [[WouldHurtAChild sacrificing infants]] as part of the ritual. When priest John Ward stops the ritual and tries to stop the cult, Gary attempts to have his friend possessed by a demon. [[BadBoss Gary]] also mistreats his followers, twisting them into inhuman monsters, breaking the fingers of those who displease him, and causing many to be killed by demons. [[spoiler:When Ward arrives at his lair, Gary slaughters several cops and attempts to summon The UNSPEAKABLE through Ward, causing him to rip apart several cultists in the process.]]

** The [[EldritchAbomination UNSPEAKABLE]] is the demon worshiped by the Eternal Order of the Second Death. Said to be TheAntichrist, the Order's ultimate goal is to summon the UNSPEAKABLE through a twisted ritual of mutilation and infanticide. In its name, the Order has committed HumanSacrifice, and summoned murderous demons for decades. [[spoiler:When Amy Martin was chosen as a vessel for the UNSPEAKABLE, it [[DemonicPossession possessed her]] and gruesomely murdered her parents and Father Allred and tormented John Ward. Depending on John's actions, the UNSPEAKABLE either [[YouHaveFailedMe drags Gary to hell for failing it]], or is successfully summoned and drags John to a realm of eternal torment while the UNSPEAKABLE brings destruction and chaos to the world.]]

** Just how unreliable of a narrator is John? His written account of Amy's first exorcism contains an ImmediateSelfContradiction on her location, his flashback of the exorcism contains an odd bit of MultipleChoicePast depending on the player's action, there is a TimeSkip-like sequence in Faith I where the situation goes from John being ambushed by an invisible Amy in the basement to John being upstairs on the bed and fending her off, John hallucinates on multiple occasions, the vatican not being able to confirm his identity as a priest, [[spoiler: he obducted and locked away Amy during the events Faith I which we do not see during the game and he believes the twins are real when they're just mannequins]]. However, Garcia and Lisa confirm many of his beliefs.

** Michael gets a few of these. "CORRUPTION THOU ART MY FATHER" references Job 17:14, and "I HAVE THE BODY OF A PIG", a reference to Matthew 8:28-34. Being that Michael is [[spoiler: never exorcised no matter what ending you get, even after three months with the experienced exorcism skills of Father Garcia]], it's a clue that dealing with him means DeathIsTheOnlyOption because, however he got it, the demon in him has permission to be there.

** A certain riddle near the end of ''Chapter III''' gives you hints about how to find the {{Secret Boss}}es and reach the GoldenEnding:

** Smooth moves, priest.[[labelnote:Explanation]] One of the notes you obtain after slaying a BonusBoss in ''Chapter III'' has [[BigBad Gary]] taunt John with this line.[[/labelnote]]

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation

** "John FAITH/John Priest" for Father John Ward. Possibly stems from {{WebVideo/Vinesauce}}, where Vinny has a tendency to call every male protagonist "John TitleDrop".

* EvenBetterSequel: The original ''FAITH'' was a nifty horror game, if short and simple, with two [[spoiler:(actually three)]] enemies, two small-ish areas (the forest and the house) and straightforward gameplay. ''FAITH: Chapter II'' ups the ante by ''several'' margins, with many more areas, puzzles, enemies with specific strategies, and more depth to the narrative.

** The true final boss of Chapter 3 is a much faster-paced fight that fills the screen with different types of projectiles you have to dodge in between. The sudden escalation from slow tactical fights to full-blown BulletHell action is so jarring it's more funny than scary.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwb81Yc-yUg Super Miriam]], the theme of [[spoiler:the TrueFinalBoss]] of chapter 3. An intense track for an intense fight, fitting for [[spoiler:the last ditch effort of Malphas and Astaroth, two VERY powerful demons]] backed against the wall by sheer faith in the Lord.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwb81Yc-yUg Super Miriam,]] the theme of [[spoiler:the TrueFinalBoss]] of chapter 3. An intense track for an intense fight, fitting for [[spoiler:the last ditch effort of Malphas and Astaroth, two VERY powerful demons]] backed against the wall by sheer faith in the Lord.

** A certail riddle near the end of ''Chapter III''' gives you hints about how to find the [[BonusBoss Bonus Bosses]] and reach the GoldenEnding:

*** "And sometimes, it comes walking right up to you." In Day 3, the BonusBoss can suddenly attack you while you're exploring. The boss itself references John's stay in a mental hospital after the events of the failed exorcism, where he met Amy, a possession victim [[spoiler:and a candidate for the Second Death]].

** [[FauxAffablyEvil Gary Miller]] is the [[AmbiguouslyHuman inhuman]] leader of the Eternal Order of the Second Death who desires to summon forth The UNSPEAKABLE and bring about HellOnEarth. Under Gary's leadership, the Order takes over an abortion clinic, transforming unborn children into horrifying abominations and getting several people killed in the process. They also regularly summon dangerous demons. At the clinic, Gary met Amy Martin and tried to use her to summon The UNSPEAKABLE, mutilating her and [[WouldHurtAChild sacrificing infants]] as part of the ritual. When priest John Ward stops the ritual and tries to stop the cult, Gary attempts to have his friend possessed by a demon. [[BadBoss Gary]] also mistreats his followers, twisting them into inhuman monsters, breaking the fingers of those who displease him, and causing many to be killed by demons. When Ward arrives at his lair, Gary slaughters several cops and attempts to summon The UNSPEAKABLE through Ward, causing him to rip apart several cultists in the process.
** The [[EldritchAbomination UNSPEAKABLE]] is the demon worshiped by the Eternal Order of the Second Death. Said to be TheAntichrist, the Order's ultimate goal is to summon the UNSPEAKABLE through a twisted ritual of mutilation and infanticide. In its name, the Order has committed HumanSacrifice, and summoned murderous demons for decades. When Amy Martin was chosen as a vessel for the UNSPEAKABLE, it [[DemonicPossession possessed her]] and gruesomely murdered her parents and Father Allred and tormented John Ward. Depending on John's actions, the UNSPEAKABLE either [[YouHaveFailedMe drags Gary to hell for failing it]], or is successfully summoned and drags John to a realm of eternal torment while the UNSPEAKABLE brings destruction and chaos to the world.
** Chapters II & III: [[NunTooHoly Sister Miriam Bell]] is a member of the Eternal Order of the Second Death and the [[EvilMatriarch mother]] of Gary Miller. Years ago Miriam gave herself the Second Death, turning herself into a portal to hell and having dozens of infants sacrificed to the portal, resulting in the appearance of Gary. Miriam later volunteered at a church that was housing orphans, eventually "consuming" six of the children, murdering a nun, and driving a priest to madness and death. Miriam is also implied to be behind the deaths of several children in the church's past. Miriam eventually tried to summon the UNSPEAKABLE through herself, knowing that its appearance would being chaos and death to the world.