User blog comment:Vivaporius/AT Idea: Imperial Civil War/@comment-3258762-20120407002412/@comment-3398633-20120407005913

Ah, but you must consider that not all are willing to follow the light in a way. If the Ecclesiarchy were t to believe their power was threatened, they could declare the Emperor an imposter, giving way to the Emperor opting to remove the church militant. His attempt to do so gives way to many questioning why he wants to remove the one organization that taught them to revere him, thus giving many the idea that the church was right, and he's simply trying to remove a rival power, thus kicking off the civil war.