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Maurice |
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| The swirl
of dust, the cacophany of soldiery beneath the walls of a dun-hued
fortress.. Men of a forgotten realm march to a drum that time
will forget. In the centuries to come, their nation will be
destroyed, their people enslaved, their acts of heroism and
glory forgotten. But not today. Today they are soldiers of Christ,
marching into battle with no fear, and their banners are as
proud as any that have ever flown, their spears keen as the
eye of God, looking down from his heaven.They are the men of
Mukurra, and of Dunqulah, and they are the guardians of an enduring
and undying faith. Some say they hide and protect the Ark of
Moses' Covenant. Some say this is myth. But the rumors and fabrications
of infidels and heretics are not important. Only their faith,
an unshakeable enduring faith, is. When evening comes, the Archbishop
will return safely to them. And the Infidel, who presses forward
year after year, shall be put off. If just for this day. |
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The
realm, as it was
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| The
Coptic Church has never believed in monophysitism the way
it was portrayed in the Council of Chalcedon! In that Council,
monophysitism meant believing in one nature. Copts believe
that the Lord is perfect in His divinity, and He is perfect
in His humanity, but His divinity and His humanity were united
in one nature called "the nature of the incarnate word",
which was reiterated by Saint Cyril of Alexandria. Copts,
thus, believe in two natures "human" and "divine"
that are united in one "without mingling, without confusion,
and without alteration" (from the declaration of faith
at the end of the Coptic divine liturgy). These two natures
"did not separate for a moment or the twinkling of an
eye" (also from the declaration of faith at the end of
the Coptic divine liturgy).
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