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truth. And so one horde will go to defend the old Holy Church,1 and another horde will go to defend the truth of the law of God.,2 And another shall go defending the orders of God.,3 And another horde shall go defending the common good so that the poor people cease being exploited.,4 And there shall go princes and kings to defend their fatherland so that their dominion may not cease.,5
All of them lead wars against each other for the love of power and glory in the world. And all the peradventurers of these hordes call themselves Christians, and all pray alike to God saying, "our Father who art in heaven." They all pray for the destruction of the rest, believing that they serve the cause of God when they shed their enemies' blood. And they all say the same old words, "Forgive us as we forgive them. . ." And yet every army conscripts and assembles, not intending in the least to forgive.
Their prayers are, indeed, a great blasphemy against God. And they are contrary to the admonition of Paul to pray for all. Every one of these hordes thinks illogically; each one is getting ready to war against the others, not
