TE17 Mysterious Montenegro

Milovan Radojević

up toward Latin Christians has already proved very costly for the empire. And those hereditary malefactors, who wage war on Dioclea from the hinterland, are schismatics, as you know, and oust the clergy from the lands they subjugate and knock down the churches because they do not believe in the Almighty, and fear of the Lord does not stay their hand.”

Brother Luka from Drivast could not wait any longer and spoke up in his piping voice:

“You harshly judge other brothers in Christ simply because they do not see that the Holy Ghost also came from the Son of God. The Church is one, though on earth it is divided. We are here to cherish the goodness of the soul and strengthen the faith, and divine peace will reign among the people.” I then spoke to provide examples to back up Dominik’s words, and to underline them in a milder tone, since I was moved by their depth of foresight. I felt that his realistic thoughts about the Byzantines, at a time when Dioclea’s Great Prince Mihailo was accepting an alliance with Manuel’s empire, so as to more easily hold his own, cut like the sharpest of swords. A new age of ruin ensued, and Prince Mihailo was in no position to proclaim like his namesake, the mighty Dioclean king Mihail Voislavić (“I, Mihail, prevail, pacify, and rule”). Maraldus came to our aid in the argument, while Lukawas supported by themonk Parthenius of Sardis, and a lively debate ignited, and soon the remaining brethren joined in, on one side or the other. Only Elia from the

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