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hey

bye

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oh

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without a doubt

the interests of rome

and the state of philadelphia are more

important

to his highness dear clatton than his

own relations so i will say

i'm confident lady helen's a monotheist

and doesn't worship our gods just like

her husband

it is no secret that you're making these

false accusations because of your

vicious intentions

you are nothing but a liar

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can you prove what you are saying julius

i will prove it do you have evidence

yes and on the court day

i will present all of my evidence and

witnesses to you

you can be certain that if you are

unable to prove it

you will be beheaded in that very

courtroom

i accept that

and you if it is proven that you

are a christian like your rogue husband

you

and your son will be buried alive

get out

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all of your threats are useless

such treason shall soon be forgotten

and monotheists shall continue

to practice and spread

their faith

hmm we'll soon see

your highness

i recommend that you inscribe this event

on a tablet

and preserve it in the palace so that

the punishment given

to such traitors is not forgotten and

will be a lesson to all monotheists

summon the scribe

scribe

wait

i want to speak with you

look here helen

i can refrain from testifying against

you

being caught if you are not thinking of

yourself

think of your son your son

can be sure that if you marry me and i

can tell you this

you can be sure you'll take that wish

with you to your grave i am certain that

you will come to your senses on the day

they bury her commit

and that day will be too late

think it through helen i can give you

happiness

i am a believer in my husband's faith

and i hate both you and the gods you

worship

remember this well and do not hesitate

to do

whatever is in your power

you can include this in your testimony

let's go galoose

you will regret your behavior helen you

will see

you cannot prevent me from getting what

i want helen

and at your service your highness

write this in the era

of emperor god hadrian

and under the rule of his highness

diocletian over philadelphia

six advisers of the royal court

by the names of maximilian

talmika juvanes

sudinanus martinus

denounced the roman religion and refused

to worship the emperor god hadrian

having converted to the religion of

the false prophet jesus of

nazareth they escaped from prison

with the help of a crater guard

and with the assistance of a shepherd

named

named named what was the shepherd's name

antonio's johannes

antonios they hid in a cave

in mount angelos

but the gods of the emperor

found them and the

governor of philadelphia his highness

diocletian

ordered they be imprisoned

in that cave until they die

of hunger and thirst and that very cave

became their grave

the engrave what you have written on a

metal tablet

and preserve it in the treasury of the

palace

as a historic document so that the fate

of these traitors

may be a lesson to the others yes your

highness

only call out to god for he

has control over all affairs

only call out to god for he

shall answer soon oh preacher

then why don't we receive any answer

despite our prayers

call out to god only and call him the

way he has taught us

not in the manner these people call out

to jupiter

venus mitra and

isis

learn how to worship god from these dear

people

they call out to the one and only god

despite being in such grave danger

god told christ o christ let the

israelites call out to me with pure

hearts

with minds free from duality and with

good deeds

and be certain that i shall grant you

that which befits you

and god told christ oh christ

wash yourself with water

and your soul with good deeds

for you shall return to me when you

remember me forsake your

baser instincts

and while the

ignorance are asleep

be ever awake and alert

now tell me which of you

is like that

i can testify that maximilian

and his friends live like that

they were courageous christians who did

nothing

that was not meant to please god

they have now been

in their eternal resting place for three

months

let us pray for their

souls and

grant them our blessing

dear god these people are gathered here

to preserve your religion help us

succeed in following in the footsteps of

the martyrs of the angelos cave

and may their souls join those of your

prophets

and grant them your greetings and

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blessings

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mother do not worry i will look after

you myself

was father killed for god

yes my dear

yes where do you think you're going

you have no right to enter here stop

i am talking to you come back come back

you have no right to enter get back

by the order of his highness julius this

house must be searched

because its occupants are suspected of

monotheism

dear god what's happened

i can see that lady helen is terrified

what do you want you scoundrels

this is how it will be homes

in which christ's name is spoken

and the christian god worshiped

do not deserve peace

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complete your assignment and then be

gone

oh

right shot good work

get started why are you just standing

there keep going

so tell me quickly and then leave your

being here is dangerous something urgent

has come up

i do not know whether you will help me

or not

do you doubt our friendship

you befriended maximilian is that right

the loops

will you repay the favor

if it becomes necessary

yes this is my duty

what has happened tell me i will tell

you i will tell you

just tell me whether or not you are

prepared to devout yourself

to defending maximilian's honor

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for maximilian i am prepared to

sacrifice my life

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the highness

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get him

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ah

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i

get him get him

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get him do not let him escape

get him

get him assassin

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murderer

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ah

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oh

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uh

lady

my lady

my lady

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my ladies good news good news

my lady my lady my lady

where is my lady i think she's in the

library

in the library

what has happened goose my lady julius

julius is dead

he is dead

thank god

he deserved to be punished for all his

wrongdoings

thank god thank god how did he die

kalooz petros my lady

petros the champion killed him petross

pedros yes what happened to petrus

himself petross he

he he lost his life in the process

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your highness

from now on no one will be able to do

harm to your lady

you can be certain

dear god please take care of petrus

the champion and let his soul join those

of your prophets

my lady he died like a hero

treason after treason i am

surrounded by a bunch of traitors in

broad daylight

in front of the people's very eyes a

captive

a slave freed by maximilian has killed

our top ranking commander so much for

those

traitor advisors so much for my dirty

backstabbing guard

videos and so much for the champion

who entertained us in the arena who else

can i

who else can i

all of this is because of the christians

your highness julius and this humble

servant warned you that this was coming

instead of trying to warn me you should

be preventing the spread of christianity

your highness

that ominous event in the palace

inspired the followers of the religion

they have taken over everywhere they are

growing in number day by day

what do you think you are doing you

so-called temple priest

why don't you speak of the greatness of

mercury up alone

and jupiter for the people your highness

we have tried our best

yes but to no avail the harder we try

the more we fail to succeed nonsense

this is all nonsense

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how can i be certain that this new

religion hasn't infiltrated the temples

as well

how can i be certain that you are not

the next traitor

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of this new religion take their lives

and do not spare even one of them

kill them

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oh

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your highness deocletian i wish you good

health

three days ago following his return from

his trip to jerusalem

emperor god hadrian passed away

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did you say three days ago emperor

hadrian passed away

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how could i withstand this disaster

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he was my only hope in rome

i haven't yet succeeded in controlling

traitors

in my own court how can i foil roman

conspiracies against my rule from now on

who is the next emperor antonius your

highness

the senate has selected antonius

hadrian's godson to take the throne

very good well done

to the senate of rome

and blessings blessings to antonios

the pious

i i have faith i have faith that our

relationship with antonius

will be even stronger than the one we

had with adrian

he was hesitant to accept the position

of emperor your highness

i know him very well he is extremely

clever while pretending that he despises

the thought

he is in fact striving toward it

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in light of this news we will celebrate

for an entire week

announce one day of public mourning

in remembrance of the late emperor

celebrations leave the celebrations for

later on

later we will celebrate later later

i have good news my lady i have good

news

my lady good news

what's happened gloose who is the next

torturer to have been sent to hell

adrian my lady god

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may god's curse be upon him

may god's curse be upon him he brought

evil and misfortune

to the people of philadelphia with his

ominous arrival

may god's curse be upon him and the gods

of rome

amen and do you know who the next

emperor is no who is it antonius my lady

the senate of rome has chosen antonius

hadrian's godson as his successor

what difference does it make he

is no different from the rest i don't

know who's worse

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the men of the cave have been sleeping

in the shelter of their beloved creator

for 20 years they

are unaware of the world outside the

cave and do not know

what destiny has in store

just as the outside world has no news of

them

at this very juncture diocletian dies

at the hands of a tyrant like himself

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acmit what are you looking for

i'm looking for father's bible

the bible that was inscribed on animal

hide and made into a scroll

was lost after your father's departure

but the bible that is in the form of a

book

is in my possession my lady

your highness irk mets happened do you

hear the ruckus outside it seems there

is a riot in the city yes

my lady they have killed your father

dioclety and i do not know what to do

i do not know if i am to offer my

condolences to you or not

regardless it was a strange murder are

you sure

yes the guards of marcus aurelius have

suppressed

the rioters and deocletian was among

them

anyone who had even the slightest

relationship with him

is being arrested

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so

ultimately my father was killed by the

very people

whom he rolled over for so many years

do you see maximilian

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after 20 years

your murderer has finally met his fate

i believe that the future for

monotheists

is a brighter one

no no my son

just as things did not change

during the reign of the seemingly pious

emperor antonius

things will not change under

marcus aurelius either

just pray to god that it does not get

any worse

oh god

will there ever come a day when

the pious enter an era of peace

we have lost so many lives and have

suffered

through great hardships even if things

get worse than this

we will still continue down our path

after diocletian's death the territory

was overtaken by insecurity and havoc

and in every corner people riot

helen and her son erkmit took this

opportunity to follow in the footsteps

of the men of angelos and promote

christianity

they preached at every gathering and

taught the people

the ways of righteousness and piety

until helen maximilian's faithful and

devoted wife

began the final days of her life

she fell ill and was confined to her bed

my son my kind daughter

my sweet grandson date

i am happy to set forth on my final

journey with my

faith intact let me reveal the truth to

you

until this very day i haven't

been able

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to accept my husband's death

i was always waiting

is return i do not know

why

i have a request

bury me at the foot

of mount

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i want to be near him

but mother you will get well do not

interrupt me

i do not have much time

my other request is that you

stay faithful to the legacy

of my husband and that

unbelievers who have

lost their lives

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and be certain

that justice

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my lady my lady

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so

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the reign of marcus aurelius successor

to antonius

lasted 20 years during his reign

the elderly gallus who had lived over

100 years

was crucified emperor marcus aurelius

never relinquished his efforts to

suppress monotheists

even though he was under constant attack

from both east and west

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after emperor aurelius was toppled

emperor komodus took the throne

and ruled over rome for a short period

at the time commodus was murdered by

another emperor in rome

irkmit was also approaching his death in

philadelphia

while on his deathbed he called on

hisself to cherish the memory of their

martyred ancestors

maximilian and his friends to follow the

path of righteousness

and to fight idol worship with the

murder of commodus

the empire fell into chaos under the

circumstances

the persecution of monotheists was

suspended

very slowly talk of christianity made

its way into the streets

and marketplaces day after day

people were drawn to the faith of jesus

of nazareth

churches are becoming openly active

but in order to attract christian

followers the christian missionaries are

surrendering and

accepting many of the romans false

beliefs

resulting in a fundamental distortion of

the religion

the monotheists spend approximately half

a century in relative calm

until the crown and throne reach emperor

odesius

once again massacres and torture and

bloodshed and fire engulfed the entire

territory

but deseus's rule does not last for more

than two years

after which he is overthrown by emperor

valerian

the reign of valerian marks the darkest

years

in the history of christianity's

followers

a large number of monotheists are

sacrificed for the gods of olympia

but like his predecessors valerian fails

to maintain the throne

the sassanid king of persia forms a

powerful army

and attacks the roman borders as a

result of the war between valerian and

shapur

monotheists are once again forsaken

the roman army is defeated by persia and

valerian is captured by shapur

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valerian's death brings long-lasting

peace for monotheists

and they start to become organized even

more than during the days of deserts

the roman church broadens its influence

and the roman archbishop is given the

title of pope

meaning father

emperors rise and fall one after another

and christians grow in number and power

day after day

finally 200 years after the era of

maximilian and his friends

emperor constantine converts to

christianity

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three centuries after the death of jesus

christ the entire roman empire

embraces the new religion

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philadelphia 300 years later

and when the dead are resurrected for

judgment

you shall be saved by your good

deeds alone without a doubt

on the day of judgment you shall

remember

today's deeds and you shall regret

the foul ones that you have committed

on that day you will wish that you

had never committed a sin or been unjust

or responded to evil with evil

father the people want to know how we

can be certain

that the dead will be resurrected has

anyone witnessed the rebirth of the dead

yes it has been seen yes

a god almighty has resurrected the dead

through jesus christ but this is history

father

these are stories from the distant past

it is best that you speak of more recent

occurrences and not of the past

how are we to find faith in resurrection

now

may god enlighten all our hearts with

his guidance

but father i want to see how

god brings the dead back to life is this

an unreasonable wish

is this wrong grant me your permission

to ask a question

is it true that the bodies of the

martyrs still

exist in the cave of angelos and

have not yet decomposed what does this

have to do with my question do not

dismiss this

if it is true then it is extremely

relevant

if god can keep a corpse from decaying

for hundreds of years

then he can surely bring decomposed

bodies

back to life again i will research the

matter more

and i will share my findings about the

men of angelos with you

oh god grant us your blessings

and grace pharaoh with your divine light

a light more splendid than the one shot

on seer

and more magnificent than the one you

shone on horeb

grandfather we know the meaning of seer

it is a mountain where god shone his

light upon our lord christ is that right

very good yes that is true or if there's

a mountain where god spoke to moses

is that right exactly

very good but you also mentioned

we haven't heard that name before

pharaoh

ferran is the name of a place where

god's

last prophet after our lord christ will

emerge

grandfather do you mean that there will

be another prophet after christ

yes my dear girl another

prophet is to follow our lord christ

who is known as the praised one

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grandfather when will the messiah come

i do not know but i know

that his followers are the best of men

arios father first has arrived

tell him to come inside

all right

father firos needs to meet with me

that is enough today i will see you

all tomorrow let's go let's go

let's go i will tell another story

another day

now go let's go

greetings to the elderly area hello

father i was waiting for you

i am pleased to see you that is

very kind of you well where is marie i

do not see her here with your

grandchildren she has gone to visit her

uncle

outside philadelphia she will return

next week

in truth your granddaughter marie is a

divine manifestation

faith piety and knowledge are all within

her at once

to be frank i learned from her you are

too kind please come inside

welcome father ferris no i do not have

time to sit down

my carriage is waiting if you agree let

us go together

to visit the cave evangelist that's why

the cave evangelos

i'll tell you on the way

it is strange that you have never been

to rakhim and mount angelos

i travel very rarely i hardly ever leave

the city of philadelphia

perhaps i would not even make this trip

to mount angelos

if i did not intend on telling the

people the story of your martyred

ancestor maximilian and his allies

i will tell you the story of the men of

the cave

our ancestors have passed the story down

from generation to generation and have

preserved it

we are almost there that is mount

angelos

i feel as if i know this place i've seen

this place before

but you said that you have never been

here before

yes that's true

be careful

this is the mount angelos you were so

eager to see

i still do not know why this mountain is

so familiar

to me yes wow the frightful cave that no

one is courageous enough

to go near is up there

oh i remember now

i have seen this place before in a dream

yes i dreamt that a bright light

shone from the very place you've shown

me

and a man came forth from within that

light

when he reached the foot of the mountain

he stood before me

at that moment i awoke

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you