Universal R.A.S.T.A Baptismal Guide - 28 Pages

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Ethiopian Last Supper
Universal R!S"!
#Redemption !nd Salvation "o$ards !ll%
&aptismal 'uide
(yesus )ristos * Medhane !lem
#Savior of the +orld%
$ith his disciples ,efore the Second !dvent!
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"a,le of contents-
.a/es 0123
2 (ntroduction to the Ethiopian Orthodo4 "e$ahedo Church Creed,
Sacraments and 5 .illars of Faith6
.a/es 23127
3 !,,a 8ahnoy9s speech on Spirituality, the &i,le and Reli/ion
.a/es 2512:
0 +here +e are today, 3;23 * Messiah letter to 'overnor 'eneral of
8amaica,
.a/es 2:12<
7 ! =ivine Ethiopian &aptismal Name
.a/es 2<12>
5 Sacred 'ift from the Lion of 8udah in Ethiopia
.a/es 2>12?
: "@E &OO) OF CON'RESS OF !NC(EN" =(A(N("B
.a/es 3;13<
< "he !nointed One of Ethiopia #Christ% speaCs to the nation states
in ,anCruptcy! * 2?:0 UN Speech
.a/es 3<
> Book of the Covenant (Mshaf Kidan) (renewed)
@is Eminence !,una BesehaD, told a news
reporter that, they (Rastafarians) must be taught of gradually of Iyesus Kristos
Medhane Alem (Savior of the +orld), the dark-skinned, dreadloked !edeemer" as
one annot ome unto the #ather (!,,a 8ahnoy) without oming unto the (a,solute
divine anointed) $on,,,,selah%
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(ntroduction to the Ethiopian
Orthodo4 "e$ahedo Church
Creed, Sacraments and 5 .illars of
Faith
'istori $peeh by Abuna (eseha) on the establishment of the *+, in -amaia
.//// 0lessed be our (*let of) 1od, whom aording to 'is abundant mery hath
begotten us again unto a li2ely hope by the (diplomati) resurretion of our
3ord, I(*$4$ K!I$5+$ from the (politially) dead/ 6ear members, I am 2ery
grateful for the opportunity gi2en to us today to establish the *5'I+7IA8
+!5'+6+9 ,'4!,' Mission here in -amaia/
As of today, you are reei2ed as full members of 5he *5'I+7IA8 +!5'+6+9
,'4!,', whih is an Indigenous ,hurh of Afria/ 5oday the $pirit of the 3ord is
gi2en to all of you through 0aptism, as it was spoken by the 7rophet *:ekiel"
///I will sprinkle lean water upon you and ye shall be lean from all your
unleanliness/ A 8ew 'eart I will gi2e you and a 8ew $pirit I will put within you,
and ause you to (diplomatially) walk in my $tatutes and you shall keep my
ordinanes and do them/ (ou shall dwell in the land whih I ga2e to your #athers" and
ye shall be my people and I will be your (*let of) 1od/ (*:ekiel ;<= &>-&?)
(ou are all sons of our (*let of) 1od through (human rights) faith, for as many of
you that were bapti:ed into ,'!I$5 ha2e put on ,hrist/ All of you who are bapti:ed
into ,'!I$5 are bapti:ed into 'I$ death/ (ou are therefore, buried with 'IM by
baptism into death, so that as ,'!I$5 was raised from the dead by the 1lory of the
#ather, (ou too may walk in the newness of 3ife/
0rethren, the Mother ,hurh of *5'I+7IA is not unmindful of your sinere de2otion
in the past to 5he *5'I+7IA8 +!5'+6+9 ,'4!,' and to the deepest spiritual
onern of 'I$ IM7*!IA3 MA-*$5( *M7*!+! 'AI3* $*3A$$I* I 6efender of
our #aith, and your onern in the *thiopian @orld #ederation/ I am sure the Mother
,hurh in *thiopia an ount on you as true ,hristian $oldiers, who will stand fast
and help to arry forward the dotrine of +ur $AAI+4!, whih is needed so muh in
our world today/
@e are in a orrupted world in whih Bustie, spiritual laws and priniples that are
gi2en by 1od are ondemned and rushed by the unBust/ 7eople today do not humble
themsel2es nor reogni:e the rights of others/ 5hey reBoie in the work of their hands
rather than the beautiful reation of Almighty 1od/
5he 5ruth has been manifested both in the lights of onsiene and by the witness of
nature, that the mysteries, whih are known of 1od are re2ealed in the hearts and
minds of man/ 5he re2elation is imparted by our (*let of) 1od 'imself and is
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mentally diserned by refleting upon 'is (human rights) works" but men refuse to
li2e in aordane with the (human rights) light gi2en them/ #or this they are without
eCuse and are subBet to (self) ondemnation/
It is written, D$eek ye first the Kingdom of the (*let of) 1od and all things shall be
(diplomatially) added to you/. 0ut man of today says, seek ye first politis, and
e2erything else shall be added to you/ ,an anyone gain peae out of politisE Is it not
the 3ord, I(*$4$ K!I$5+$ who is the 7rine of 7eae, who gi2es (uni2ersal) peae
and (human rights) light to all mankindE
0rethren, aording to 'I$ 6i2ine 7ower, '* has gi2en unto us all things that pertain
unto (diplomati) life through the (human rights) knowledge of 'IM ('is Imperial
MaBesty) that has alled us to glory and 2irtue" whereby are gi2en us eCeedingly
great and preious promises" that by these you might be partakers of the 6i2ine
8ature, ha2ing esaped the (IM#) orruption whih is in the (ommerial) world
through lust/
0esides this gi2ing all diligene, add to your (human rights) faith, 2irtue, and to
2irtue, (human rights) knowledge" and to (human rights) knowledge, temperane, and
to temperane, patiene, and to patiene, godliness, and to godliness, brotherly
kindness" and to brotherly kindness, harity/ #or if these things be in you they will
make you so that you will neither be barren or unfruitful in the (human rights)
knowledge of our $AAI+4! (II 7eter 1=;-?)/
@e pray 'im that 'e may keep us in spiritual lo2e (obey 48 law) and unity together
with the ,hristian ommunities/ @e pray 'im to make us one soul and one heart
planted and animated by the Almighty 3ord/ AM*8./

Abuna (eseha) May &;, 1FGH
"he Confession and .rayer of Faith
5he #ollowing is the reed the apostles ga2e in -erusalem as is written in the *thiopi
3iturgial 0ook in the original 1eeI:, It is used in 6i2ine $er2ies, espeially during
the Anaphora of the Apostles/ (pg JH and pg <; in the *nglish translation)
.///@e belie2e in one (*let of) 1od, maker of all reation, #ather of our 3ord and
$a2iour Iyesus Kristos, beause his nature is unsearhable/ As we ha2e before
delared, 'e is without beginning and without end, but 'e is e2er li2ing, and 'e has
(human rights) light whih is ne2er eCtinguished and 'e an ne2er be approahed/
'e is not two or three, and no addition an be made to 'im" but 'e is only one, li2ing
fore2er, beause 'e is not hidden that 'e annot be known, but we know 'im
perfetly through the (human rights) law and the prophets that 'e is Almighty (3aw-
gi2er) and has (so2ereign) authority o2er all the reations/
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+ne (*let of) 1od, #ather of our $a2iour Iyesus Kristos, who was begotten before
the ,reation of the world, the only begotten $on, oe)ual with 'im, ,reator of all the
'osts, the prinipalities and the dominions/
@ho in the last days was pleased to beome man, and took flesh from +ur 3ady
Mariam, the 'oly Airgin (*thiopian +rthodoC 5ewahedo #aith), without the seed of
man, and grew like men yet without sin or e2il" neither was guile found in his mouth/
5hen he suffered, died in the flesh, rose from the dead on the third day asended unto
hea2en to the #ather who sent 'im, sat down at the right hand of power, sent to us the
7aralete, the 'oly $pirit who proeeded from the #ather, and sa2ed all the world, and
who is oeternal with the #ather and the $on/
@e say further that all the reatures of 1od are good and there is nothing to be
reBeted, and the spirit, the life of the body is pure and holy in all/ And we say that
marriage is pure and hildbirth is undefiled, beause 1od reated Adam and *2e to
multiply/ @e understand further that there is in our body a soul, whih is immortal and
does not perish with the body/
@e repudiate all work of heretis and all shisms and transgressions of the law,
beause they are for us impure/ @e also belie2e in the (diplomati) resurretion of the
(politially) dead, the righteous and sinners" and in the 6ay of -udgment when
e2eryone will be reompensed aording to their deeds/
@e also belie2e that ,hrist (the Anointed +ne of *thiopia) is not in the least degree
inferior beause of his Inarnation
0ut 'e is (our *let of) 1od, the word who truly beame man and reoniled
mankind to 1od being the 'igh 7riest of the #ather (Abba -ahnoy)/ 'eneforth, let us
not be irumised like the -ews/ @e know that 'e who had to fulfil the (human
rights) law and the prophets has already ome/.
"he Sacramental "heolo/y
5here are se2en saraments (mysteries) in the ,hurh= 0aptism, ,onfirmation,
7enane, 'oly ,ommunion, 4ntion of the $ik, Matrimony and 'oly +rders/
Aording to the teahing of the *thiopian ,hurh= DK5he $araments are holy
ordinane through whih the belie2er reei2es an invisi,le /race #freedom%
under the form of an out$ard si/nL And in the performane of eah
sarament the 6i2ine MaBesty 'imself is present/
&aptism
A regeneration and is the sarament through whih a person is born again and is
aepted into the membership of the hurh, after being bapti:ed by the pouring on or
immersion in water three times, in the name of the #ather (Abba), the $on (@olde)
and the 'oly $pirit (Menfes Midus)/ It is listed as the first sarament beause it is
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onsidered the door through whih the belie2er enters the hurh and the Kingdom of
1rae (freedom), aordingly to what was said by the 3ord Iyesus Kristos (-ohn ;=>)/
0aptism brings sal2ation= DKe2en baptism does now sa2e usL (1 7eter ;=&1)" D 'e
that belie2eth and is bapti:ed shall be sa2edL(Mark 1<=1<)/ 5he *thiopian ,hurh
belie2es that baptism was ommanded, direted and instituted by our 3ord Iyesus
Kristos, as all ,hristian ,hurhes agree/ It is the firm belief of the hurh that the
original sin of the person is dri2en out through this sarament/ 5he person is then
ommitted to the ,hristian ause as a iti:en in the Kingdom of (our *let of) 1od,
and a new (diplomati) life is bestowed upon the person/
Mate,
#NecC Cord%
Mateb is gi2en to the andidate during baptism/ 5he priest must bless it before he ties
it around the nek of the andidate/ Mateb, whih is worn by all ,hristians, is the
badge of faith/ It is made of a blak, blue or white silken ord, arrying a ross to
signify the ,ruifiCion of ,hrist/ 5here are at least two important uses of the mark=
5o distinguish ,hristians from Moslems and pagans
As a guard against e2il spirits
Confirmation
5he first three saraments baptism, onfirmation and ommunion are administered
one after the other on the same oasion/ ,onfirmation is reei2ed immediately after
baptism to signify the 'oly $piritNs deent upon the 3ord ,hrist diretly after baptism
(Mathew ;=1<) 5hrough onfirmation, the belie2er reei2es the gift of the 'oly
$pirit= D 0ut ye ha2e been anointed by the 'oly +ne, and ye know all things/L(1 -ohn
&=&H)
.enance
5he sarament of 7enane is neessary for repentane and sorrow for sins ommitted/
It is administered before reei2ing 'oly ,ommunion" D 3et a man eCamine himself,
and let him eat of that bread and drink of that up/ #or he that eateth and drinketh
unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation unto himself not diserning the 3ordNs
bodyL (1 ,orinthians 11=&?-&F)/ D!epent ye therefore, and be on2erted, that your
sins may be blotted outL (Ats ;=1F)/ 5hrough this sarament, remission of sins and
reoniliation with 1od are granted (3uke 1>=1?-&J" -ohn ?=11, <=;G, 1 5imothy &=J"
Ats ;=1F)/
"he LordEs Supper
5he *thiopian ,hurh through the ages has regarded the 3ordNs $upper as the
supreme at of life, when de2out belie2ers hold intimate ommunion with their 3i2ing
3ord through the onserated elements of bread and wine/ 5his is not the manna that
Israel ate in the wilderness, the 'oly ,ommunion, the 3ordNs 5able, the *uharist, the
#lesh and 0lood of ,hrist= D Aerily, Aerily I say onto you, Moses ga2e you not that
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bread from hea2en but my #ather gi2eth you the true bread from 'ea2enL (-ohn
<=;&) D 5his is the bread whih ame down from 'ea2en" not as your fathers did eat
manna and are dead" he that eateth of this bread shall li2e fore2erL (-ohn <=>?)/
5his sarament brings true and eternal life to the belie2er= D @hosoe2er eateth my
flesh and drinketh my blood, has eternal life" and I will raise him up at the last day/ 'e
that eateth of this bread shall li2e fore2erL (-ohn <=>J->?) D eCept ye eat the flesh of
the $on of Man, and drink his blood, ye ha2e no life in youL (-ohn <=>;)/
5he *thiopian hurh belie2es that +ur 3ord Iyesus Kristos is present in this
sarament, not by way of granting 'is 1rae, but by atually being there in the form
of bread and @ine/
Matrimony
5he sarament of Matrimony is important for the 3ife of mankind/ It is holy and
ordained by 1od/ 5hrough it the husband and wife are united and gi2en di2ine grae
that santifies their union and makes perfet and spiritual, like the unity of ,hrist and
the ,hurh/ 5his order is signifiant not only for the life of the ouple but further
demands the moral support and protetion of all nations and their states/ Moreo2er the
Kingdom of (our *lert of) 1od and the hurh are in2ol2ed in this great mystery/
Marriage is important for at least three reasons=
#or the propagation of humanity as it was ommanded= D 0e fruitful and multiply/L
5o keep man and woman from the temptation of arnal lust/
#or the good relationship and mutual help between husband and wife/
5he intention of marriage is that one husband should ha2e one wife and one wife
should ha2e one husband/ It is a gift for the preser2ation of manNs health in this world
and for his sal2ation in the world to ome/
@oly Orders
5his is the sarament for ordaining and onserating the lergy/ 5hrough this
sarament, the ordained lergy are granted a di2ine gift appropriate for the 2arious
ser2ies to whih they are alled= D@herefore I put thee in remembrane that thou stir
up the gift of 1od, whih is in thee by the putting on of my handsL (& 5imothy 1=<)/ D
8eglet not the gift that is in thee, whih was gi2en thee by prophey with the laying
on of hands in the presbytery/L(1 5imothy J=1J)
5he institution of this sarament took plae= #irst, when our 3ord Iyesus Kristos
appointed the twel2e apostles and se2enty disiples" seond, when he ommanded the
apostles to preah and bapti:e all nations (Mathew &?=1F-&H)" third, when $aint 7aul
said that it was ,hrist 'imself who appointed some as apostles, some as prophets,
some as e2angelists, some as pastors and teahers (*phesians J=11)/
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!mistu !1emade Mystir
#Five .illars of Mystery%
5he 7illars of Mystery are fi2e in number and are regarded by the hurh as basi
knowledge for all faithful and the atehism in partiular/ 5he following are simple
literal translation from the 1ee: and Amhari teCt/
Mystire Selassie
#Mystery of "rinity%
5he Mystery of 5rinity is to belie2e in the #ather the begetter, in the $on the begotten,
in the 'oly $pirit the one who proeeds, one in three and three in one/ 5hey are three
in name, in person, in work/ In name they are alled #ather, $on, the 'oly $pirit/ 5he
#ather has a perfet person, perfet fae, and perfet form/ 5he $on has a perfet
person, perfet fae, and perfet form/ 5he 'oly $pirit has a perfet person, perfet
fae, and perfet form/
As far as their work is onerned, the #ather is the begetter, the $on is begotten, and
the 'oly $pirit is the one who proeeds/ 5he #ather begets and auses proession, but
is neither begotten nor proeeds/ 5he $on is begotten, but neither begets nor proeeds
nor auses proession/
5hey are one in nature, in essene, in fullness, in substantiality, in di2inity, in heart, in
word, in breath/ 5hey are alled Ab, @old and Menfes Midus/ Ab meansD the #ather,L
@old means D the $onL and Menfes Midus means D the 'oly $pirit,L one who
proeeds from the #ather/ Ab= @old= Menfes Midus - 'oly 5riniy ((eseha), 1&J)
Mystire Se//a$e
#Mystery of (ncarnation%
Mystery of Inarnation deals with the reation of man and the (diplomati) rebirth of
our 3ord Iyesus Kristos (Medhane Alem $a2ior of the @orld)/
Man has se2en works or se2en elements, four natures of the flesh and three natures of
the soul/ 5he four natures of the flesh are wind, fire, water and earth, and the three
natures of the soul are rational thought, the power of speeh and the property of
life/ D
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'e is alled man by reason of his reated nature/L as 1regory 5haumaturgus said/ 5he
mystery teahes the two births of the $on, that is, 'is birth before the world from a
#ather (Abba -ahnoy) without a mother (hurh) and his birth from the Airgin Mariam
(*thiopian +rthodoC 5ewahedo #aith), without a father (guidane)/
'e was born of two births, son of the #ather (Abba -ahnoy), son of Mariam
(*thiopian +rthodoC 5ewahedo #aith), and was honored in the (diplomati) union, the
(diplomati) union of 1odhead and manhood/ DK'e was (diplomatially) united
being one person from two persons, one nature from two naturesL/
0eing one of the 5rinity, the $on beame man and put on flesh" as was said= D 5his is
my belo2ed $on in whom I am well pleased/L D 5hat word beame flesh" he
ontinually abides in us/ @e behold his 1lory in aordane with his being the only
son of his #ather/L 0y what is it known that he is born before the world, from a father
(Abba -ahnoy) without a mother (hurh)E It is known by his being born latterly from
the Airgin Mariam (*thiopian +rthodoC 5ewahedo #aith) without a father (guidane)=
D'is first birth (of the father- Abba -ahnoy) was made known by his latter birth (in the
*thiopian +rthodoC 5ewahedo #aith)/L
Mystire "imDet
#Mystery of &aptism%
@hat is the Mystery of 0aptismE It is to belie2e that the 3ord Iyesus Kristos was
bapti:ed at the age of thirty to be an arhetype for all men, and all men are to be
bapti:ed in the water of life, whih flowed from the right side of our 3ord Iyesus
Kristos on #riday, and to obtain adoption from the 5rinity, to eat his flesh and drink
his blood and li2e a (diplomati) ,hristian life/
'ow an one obtain the water of life that flowed from the right side of +ur 3ord
Iyesus Kristos on #ridayE 5he priest reites the 0ook of 0aptism o2er water/ 'e
elebrates the pre-anaphora and reads some hapters from the 'oly $riptures/ At the
end, when the priest blesses it, saying, D+ne is the 'oly #ather" +ne is the 'oly $on"
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+ne is the 'oly $pirit,L the water hanges and beomes the water of life that flowed
from the right side of +ur 3ord Iyesus Kristos on #riday/
5he bapti:ed person will be freed from ondemnation and released from bondage to
the de2il= D0y baptism men will be ompletely freed from bondage to $atan (7ope)
and from ser2itude to impure (IM#) demons/L @e are bapti:ed after the manner of
baptism by whih our 3ord Iyesus Kristos was bapti:ed in the ri2er -ordan, at the
hand of -ohn/ +ne might ask why the 3ord was bapti:ed when he was pure and
righteous/ 5he answer is= 'e did this to be an eCample to us and Dthat 'e might gi2e
us (humanity), ,y @is ,aptism eDuality of ri/hteousness/L
Mystire Fur,an
#Mystery of Eucharist%
5he mystery of *uharist is somewhat idential to the sarament of 'oly
,ommunion/ @hat is the Mystery of the *uharistE It is the body and blood of our
3ord Iyesus Kristos, @ho was ruified on #riday for the sal2ation of all" it is what
belie2ers reei2e in the form of bread and wine/
5he bread and wine are hanged into the real flesh and blood of ,hrist when the priest
blesses them with the liturgial prayers= D5his bread whih I gi2e to you is my flesh,
this is the bread whih ame down from hea2en, if any man eats of this bread, he shall
li2e fore2er/L D5his is my blood whih will be shed for you and for many people
whih is the surety of the new (human rights) o2enant/L
5he flesh and blood we reei2e is the 1odhead prolaimed, the freedom of spirit
ha2ing desended into $heol together with the $pirit, and the 1odhead abides with the
flesh in the tomb/ @hoe2er reei2es the flesh and blood of ,hrist, ha2ing leansed his
onsiene from grudges and 2engefulness and perse2ered in (human rights) faith and
good (human rights) works/ It will be to him ommerial redemption and eonomi
sal2ation of the flesh and of the soul, and by it he will (diplomatially) inherit the
Kingdom of 'ea2en (6ebt #ree 48 7lanetary Kingdom of *)uality)/
5here are prophecies and sym,ols gi2en about the 'oly ,ommunion/
a/ .rophecy
I I5hou has put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their orn and their
wine has inreasedI/ (7s/ J,G)/
I I@isdom has builded her house, she has hewn out her se2en pillars/ $he has killed
her beasts" she hath mingled her wine" she hath also furnished her table" she hath
sent forth her maidens= she rieth up on the highest plae of the ity/.(7ro2/F=l-;)/
I I5he prime needs of human beings for li2ing are water, wheat/// and Buie of grape./
($irah ;F=&<)
5hese propheies were foretold about Iyesus Kristos, the 3amb of 7asso2er, who was
ruified on the ross as to gi2e 'is flesh and blood in the form of bread and wine/
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Sym,ol
@hen the hildren of Israel were liberated from the bondage and went out of *gypt,
they were told to kill a lamb, eat the flesh, take the blood and sprinkle it on the two
side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, in order to get seurity from the
plague of the firstborn/ 5his was applied as a symbol of Iyesus Kristos the $on of
1od, who was ruified and ga2e his flesh and blood as a ransom to the hildren of
men/ I I5his is the lamb of 1od, who takes away the sin of the world/. (-n/l=&F)/
Melhi:edek, who is the arhetype of the priesthood of Iyesus Kristos, the $on of
1od, offered a sarifie in the form of bread and wine/ (1en/ 1J=1?)/
5o fulfill these propheies and reali:e the symbols, eCamples, our 3ord and $a2iour
Iyesus Kristos on 5hursday e2ening at the 7asso2er, took the bread, blessed it and
broke it and ga2e it to 'is disiples and said, this bread whih I gi2e you is my flesh/
In the same manner 'e took the up, blessed it and ga2e it to his disiples, saying I
Ithis is my blood whih will be shed for you and for many people, for the new
o2enant, for the remission of sin/ (Mt/ &<,&?" Mk/ 1J=&&" 3k/ &&=1F)/
5his mystery is always performed in the *thiopian +rthodoC 5ewahedo ,hurh/
@hen the priest puts bread on a paten and the wine in a halie and blesses them with
the liturgial prayer, the bread and the wine are hanged into the real flesh and blood
of the $on of 1od/ 5his was made lear by the sholar $t/ Athanasius - when he said I
Iwe belie2e, that the bread and the wine are bread and wine before they are blessed by
the priest, but after they are blessed by the priest the bread and the wine are hanged
to the real flesh and blood of the $on of 1od/. (Ath/ #aith of the #ather ,h/&? 7art 1J
Aerse &&)/
5herefore, the 'oly ,ommunion whih the disiples reei2ed on 5hursday e2ening,
that whih was ruified on the ross on #riday, and that whih is being pratied at
e2ery orner to the end of the world is one and the same/
5he *thiopian +rthodoC ,hurh belie2es and teahes, that the flesh and blood is not
simply a memorial or symboli, but real flesh and blood of the $on of 1od/ 5he pure
sarifie that the lergy offers is the same sarifie that was gi2en up on the ross on
,al2ary/ (-n/ ,hr/ 3iturgy ?>)/

Mystire "ensaea Mutan
#Mystery of the Resurrection of the =ead%
5he mystery of resurretion teahes that after death there will be resurretion/ @hen a
person dies, he will not remain destroyed and rotting, but rises again/ 'ow does he
riseE 5here will be a prolamation saying= D (ou who are dead arise/L
5here will be three in2isible sounds of horns/ At the first sound all flesh will be
gathered together at the seond the flesh and bones and blood will be united, and they
will be perfet bodies without any mo2ement or signs of life and at the third the dead
will rise in the twinkling of an eye/ 5hey will rise with all their works written out
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before them whether good or bad/ 5he males as mature youths of thirty years and the
females mature maidens of fifteen years/ 5he (politially) dead will (diplomatially)
arise following the eCample of the 3ord Iyesus Kristos, the (diplomati) firstborn who
arose destroying (IM#) orruption and the gra2e, ha2ing remained in the depths of the
gra2e three days and three nights/ 'e is the firstborn of all who died/
As $e2erus said DK during resurretion, they do not rise, as the tall, tall" the short,
short" the fair skinned, fair skinned" the dark skinned, dark skinned" the fat, fat" and
the thin, thin/ Instead eah person will ha2e the same body and form/L 5hose who did
good will arise resembling ,hrist shining se2en times brighter than the sun/ 5hose
who did e2il will rise resembling the de2il, lothed in darkness/
DK 5he righteous will stand on the 3ordNs right hand, and those who did e2il on the
3ordNs left hand/L 5hen he will make Budgment, saying to those on his right hand, D
,ome blessed of my #ather, and inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the
(human rights) foundation of the world/L 5o those on 'is left hand he will say .///0e
separated from me, (IM#) enemies of my father, impure of soul, to the fire of
1ehannam where the fire is not )uenhed, where the worm does not sleep, and where
is eternal mourning, 0ut the righteous into (diplomati) life eternal/.

,on)uering 3ion of the tribe of -udah *thiopian +rthodoC
*thiopian Messiah 5ewahedo #aith
!,,a 8ahnoy9s speech on
Spirituality, the &i,le, and Reli/ion
Spirituality

5he temple of the most high begins with the human body, whih houses our life,
essene of our eCistene/ Afrians are in bondage today beause they approah
spirituality through !eligion pro2ided by foreign in2aders and on)uerors/ +e must
stop confusin/ reli/ion and spirituality/ !eligion is a set of rules, regulations and
rituals reated by humans whih were supposed to help people grow spiritually/
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6ue to human imperfetion religion has beome orrupt, politial, di2isi2e and a tool
for power struggle/ $pirituality is not theology or ideology/ It is simply a way of life,
pure and original as was gi2en by the Most 'igh/ Spirituality is a net$orC linCin/
us to the Most @i/h, the universe and each other
As the essene of our eCistene it embodies our ulture, true identity, nationhood and
destiny/ A people without a nation they an really all their own is a people without a
soul/ Afria is our nation and is in spiritual and physial bondage beause her leaders
are turning to outside fores for solutions to Afrian problems when e2erything Afria
needs is within her/ @hen Afrian righteous people ome together, the world will
ome together/ "his is our divine destiny #'lo,al Unification under UN La$%
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.5he ultimate resoure of a nation is its people/ 4nless this resoure is employed for
the benefit of the nation, unless the latent good whih it represents is eCploited to the
maCimum for the ommon good, the nation will languish, poor in spirit, laking in
ahie2ement/ 0ut no people an make their full ontribution to the life of the nation to
whih they owe allegiane, unless they possess and enBoy those few fundamental
prere)uisites indispensable to rendering their partiipation in the affairs of their
ountry, both possible and signifiant/
5he growth of a people is ompleC and interrelated/ Man must be eduated= he annot
ome to grips with or ope with or understand the modern world unless he has been
taught about it/ 'e must be assured of a minimum eonomi seurity= he annot
onern himself with matters going beyond the day-to-day satisfation of his physial
needs, unless he is fed and lothed and sheltered, nor an he a)uire a suffiient
degree of soial onsiousness to be able to subordinate his own personal interests to
the good of the nation and the de2elopment of its soiety/ #reedom, 3iberty, the rights
of man - these mean little to the ignorant, the hungry, the ill-lothed, the badly
housed/
.All of this @e ha2e, from +ur earliest days, reogni:ed, and in the years during
whih @e ha2e guided and direted the destinies of the *thiopian people and nation,
@e ha2e endea2ored to aommodate and gi2e due onsideration to this basi truth/
5o you the legislators of the *mpire, has been onfided the high responsibility of
ensuring that the needs and the desires of those who hose you as their representati2es
are well and truly ser2ed in the legislati2e programmes whih will be plaed before
you/
(ou must ensure that in your desire to ahie2e immediate goals, long-term
onsiderations of e)ual or greater importane are not ignored or irre2oably
preBudied/ 5hose who will prepare your 1o2ernmentIs programmes will do so
honestly and sinerely, seeking thereby to seure the further progress of *thiopia and
her people/ 0ut you, as well as they, share in the responsibility for guaranteeing that
this progress is not only apparent but real and that eah step forward pa2es the way
for the neCt/ May Almighty 1od grant you wisdom, understanding and Budgment/.
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On the &i,le
@e in *thiopia ha2e one of the oldest 2ersions of the bible, but howe2er old the
2ersion may be, in whate2er language it might be written, the @ord remains one and
the same/ It transends all boundaries of *mpires and all oneptions of rae/ It is
eternal/
8o doubt you all remember reading in the Ats of the Apostles of how 7hilip baptised
the *thiopian offiial/ 'e is the first *thiopian on reord to ha2e followed ,hrist, and
from that day onwards the @ord of 1od has ontinued to grow in the hearts of
*thiopians/ And I might say for myself that from early hildhood I was taught to
appreiate the 0ible and my lo2e for it inreases with the passage of time/ All through
my troubles I ha2e found it a ause of infinite omfort/
GCome unto Me, all ye that la,our and are heavy laden, and ( $ill
/ive you restG who an resist an in2itation so full of ompassionE
0eause of this personal eCperiene in the goodness of the 0ible, I was resol2ed that
all my ountrymen should also share its great blessing and that by reading the 0ible
they should find truth for themsel2es/ 5herefore, I aused a new translation to be
made from our anient language into the language whih the old and the young
understood and spoke/
5oday man sees all his hopes and aspirations rumbling before him/ 'e is perpleCed
and knows not whither he is drifting/ &ut he must realise that the &i,le is his refu/e
#politically%, and the rallyin/ point for all humanity #a/ainst (MF /lo,aliHation%/
In it man will find the solution of his present diffiulties and guidane for his future
ation, and unless he aepts with lear onsiene the 0ible and its great Message, he
annot hope for sal2ation/ #or my part I glory in the 0ible/
Reli/ion
@e are gratified in partiular, to note that the work of this onferene has been
onerned purely with religious, spiritual matters free from eCtraneous politial
onsiderations/
"his is only fittin/ and proper, for the church, as a sym,ol of peace,
must follo$ the path of peace in all parts of the $orld/ #or world peae
an only be made abiding by the grae (freedom) of (our *let of) 1od, through the
prayers of the 'oly #athers/ 5he truth of this ardinal fat is e2ident to all mankind/
5herefore, it has beome the noble responsibility of ,hristians, and peoples of other
faiths and their leaders throughout the world, to pray and to work hard for the
preser2ation of world peae/
@e ha2e always been religious, e2er sine hildhood, e2er sine the day our father,
!as Makonnen, taught us the ommandment of +ur 3ord, the ,reator/
0ut we donIt onsider our religion alone 2alid and ha2e granted the people the
freedom (grae) to obser2e any religion they please/
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@e belie2e in the reunifiation of the hurhes, whih is why we were so happy to
meet 7ope 7aul AI during our 2oyage to Italy/ @e were greatly taken with him, we
Budged him a man of superior apaity, espeially as regards his intention to work
towards hurh unity/ 'e reei2ed us with great friendliness/
+here +e are today, 3;23
5he *thiopian 6ark Ages in -amaia, and the epoh-making (history-hanging)
leadership of the hurh today/ 5/!/4/5/'/$/ ("he Real Untold "estimony of
@aile Selassie) must not be denied/

6ear brethren 7atrik Allen,

@e, the spiritually reborn *thiopian +rthodoC 5ewahedo ,hristians in -amaia, ha2e
ome together in unity and lo2e (o,ey UN la$), so that we may learn to trust and
obey all the di2ine ommandments of our uni2ersal 3ord and diplomati $a2ior
Iyesus Kristos (Medhane !lem * Savior of the $orld)/
In this period of national trial (astronomical national de,t crisis), the *thiopian
+rthodoC 5ewahedo ,hristians in -amaia shall make the proper initiati2e to manifest
the resurgent $pirit (intelli/ence) within the nation, in order to enounter the IM#
debt risis and preser2e uni2ersal liberation for all/

@ith human rights faith in the di2ine o2enant (UN charter), the spiritually reborn
*thiopian +rthodoC 5ewahedo ,hristians in -amaia will sueed in restoring the
mighty power (Cno$led/e) of the ,ross of ,hrist (the !nointed One of Ethiopia)
and the ,rown (Ethiopian @ead of State), di2ine so2ereignty (political free $ill),
whih are the symbols of national dignity and integrity for the 8ation of *thiopia and
-amaia (spiritual ,lood1,rothers)

A real produti2e diplomati life that meets the real needs of the people, and the
sinere need for new politial patterns and effeti2e diplomati partiipation of the
people in the deision-making that determines their future life, an only be ahie2ed
through Universal Li,eration from underneath IM# -esuit (secret society of 8esus)
globali:ation poliies of 0aal/ $o by eCposing the Aatian and re2ealing the true
*thiopian seret of Iyesus, these international -esuit banksters will ome to naught/

As Abba (eseha) so elo)uently )uoted, Othe *mperor is ne2er separated from the
hurh and the hurh is ne2er separated from the *mperorN meaning that the
*mperor is the di2ine inarnate and embodiment of Iyesus Kristos our 4ni2ersal
!edeemer for all humankind, and the hurh is the body of the Anointed +ne of
*thiopia (Christ our Medhane !lem * Savior of the $orld)

@e ha2e ome to the +ne 5rue 'oly Apostoli *thiopian +rthodoC 5ewahedo #aith in
-amaia for our politial redemption and ommerial (contractual) sal2ation from
underneath a bankrupt apostate global IM# (8esuit) Burisdition in ,ommere, so that
we may peaefully establish 6ebre Peit ommunity, as a so2ereign elesiastial
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realm in -amaia, e)ual to the diplomati protetion of the Aatian 4nholy $ee in
Italy/

@e truly belie2e that ,hrist (the !nointed One of Ethiopia) li2es in flesh, and that
any baptised member who resurrets the di2ine o2enant (UN charter) of
fundamental e)uality for all humanity, must be reei2ed in 'is Imperial MaBestyNs
glory (ma/nified in human ri/hts la$ * diplomatic immunity from the state)" so
long as he bears the eCat image (universal redeemer) and likeness (Ethiopian
No,le * soverei/n mem,er of the Royal Solomonic =ynasty) of Abba -ahnoy
(father maIesty), that he may diplomatially manifest himself as our politial
,omforter (universal human ri/hts am,assador * servant for humanity) of this
&1st entury/

In 5/!/4/5/'/$/, honesty and human rights faith in the di2ine o2enant (UN charter)
of fundamental e)uality for all, we beseeh and petition thee, honourable 7atrik
Allen ser2ant of 1od, to grant international reognition to the +ne we ha2e
diplomatially reei2ed as our uni2ersal human rights ambassador, in the name of the
real 3ion of -udah in *thiopiaNs di2ine o2enant (UN charter) of fundamental
e)uality for all/
#or his politial eCodus to the 48 in 1ene2a is a must, for only in the di2ine o2enant
(UN charter) do we wholeheartedly trust,,,selah%

@e must seure and defend our indigenous international indi2idual human rights and
fundamental ommerial freedoms to Artile 1? - freedom of religion and Artile 1F -
freedom of onsiene, so that we may diplomatially see ,hrist (the !nointed One
of Ethiopia) within our own *thiopian spetales" for what sense ould there be in
waiting upon a legal fition (/overnment of 8amaica) to uni2ersally hange the
politial status of any indi2idual, who ha2enNt made an indigenous international
indi2idual human rights laim to an Identity (Ethiopian No,le * soverei/n mem,er
of the Royal Solomonic =ynasty), at the 48 in 1ene2aE
6iplomatially (ours,
$piritually !eborn *thiopian +rthodoC 5ewahedo ,hristians in -amaia %
! =ivine Ethiopian &aptismal Name
=ivinity is the study of ,hristian and other theology and ministry at a shool, di2inity
shool, uni2ersity, or seminary/ 5he term is sometimes a synonym for theology as an
aademi, speulati2e pursuit, and sometimes is used for the study of applied theology
and ministry to make a distintion between that and aademi theology/ It most often
refers to ,hristian study whih is linked with the professional
degrees for ordained ministry or related work, though it is also used in an aademi
setting by other faith traditions
A name is a word or term used for identifiation/ 8ames an identify a lass or
ategory of things, or a single thing, either uni)uely, or within a gi2en onteCt/ A
personal name identifies a speifi uni)ue and identifiable indi2idual person, and may
or may not inlude a middle name/ 5he name of a speifi entity is sometimes alled
a proper name (althou/h that term has a philosophical meanin/ also) and is a
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proper noun/ +ther nouns are sometimes, more loosely, alled names" an older term
for them, now obsolete, is .general names./
5he use of personal names is not uni)ue to humans/ 6olphins also use symboli
names, as has been shown by reent researh/ Indi2idual dolphins ha2e distinti2e
whistles, to whih they will respond e2en when there is no other information to larify
whih dolphin is being referred to/
Caution must ,e e4ercised $hen translatin/, for there are ways that one language
may prefer one type of name o2er another/ (-ust as one would fa2our -esus ,hrist as
their !oman lord, o2er Iyesus Kristos (Medhane Alem $a2ior of the @orld" and real
3ion of -udah in *thiopia)/
A feudal naming habit is used sometimes in other languages= the #renh sometimes
refer to Aristotle as .le $tagirite. from one spelling of his plae of birth, and *nglish
speakers often refer to $hakespeare as .5he 0ard., reogni:ing him as a paragon
writer of the language/ #inally, laims to preferene or authority an be refuted= the
0ritish did not refer to 3ouis-8apoleon as 8apoleon III during his rule
=ivine la$ is any law (or rule) that in the opinion of belie2ers, omes diretly from
the will of 1od (or a god), in ontrast to man-made law/ 3ike natural law (whih may
be seen as a manifestation of di2ine law) it is independent of the will of man, who
annot hange it/ 'owe2er it may be re2ealed or not, so it may hange in human
pereption in time through new re2elation/ 6i2ine law is eternal law, meaning that
sine all 1od is infinite, then his law must also be infinite and eternal/
In 5homas A)uinasIs 5reatise on 3aw, 6i2ine 3aw, as opposed to 8atural 3aw, omes
only from re2elation or sripture, hene 0iblial law, and is neessary for
human sal2ation/ In A)uinas, di2ine law must not be onfused with eternal law/
Sacred 'ift from the Lion of 8udah in Ethiopia
5he 0aptismal name whih is gi2en within the *thiopian +rthodoC 5ewahedo #aith,
grants the international indi2idual human right to own and ontrol this debt free
indigenous intelletual property (Ethiopian &aptismal Name) from our *let of 1od
in *thiopiaNs +ne 5rue 4ni2ersal Apostoli ,hurh, and 'is Imperial MaBestyNs di2ine
o2enant (UN charter) of fundamental e)uality for all, grants the right to uni2ersally
hange nationality, to that of an *thiopian 8oble so2ereign member of the !oyal
$olomoni 6ynasty
0y faith 8oah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear, built an ark to
sa2e his family/ 0y his faith he ondemned the world and beame heir of the
righteousness that is in keeping with faith/
In like manner, Bust as 8oah had done in his time, we ha2e ondemned this bankrupt
of human rights ommerial world under IM# darkness (de,t), so that we may enter
the so2ereign protetion of the Ark of the ,o2enant of the *thiopian +rthodoC
5ewahedo #aith in -amaia, with elesiastial diplomati protetion under
international human rights law, e)ual as the Aatian 4nholy $ee, to beome the heir of
righteousness in human rights faith/
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And what more shall I sayE I do not ha2e time to tell about 1ideon, 0arak, $amson
and -ephthah, about 6a2id and $amuel and the prophets, who through faith
on)uered kingdoms, administered Bustie, and gained what was promised" who shut
the mouths of lions, )uenhed the fury of the flames, and esaped the edge of the
sword" whose (political) weakness was turned to (diplomatic) strength" and who
beame powerful in battle and routed foreign ((MF) armies/ @omen (churches)
reei2ed bak their (politically) dead, raised (diplomatically) to life again/
5here were others who were (mentally) tortured under false reli/ions, refusing to be
released so that they might gain an e2en better 4ni2ersal resurretion/ $ome faed
Beers and flogging, and e2en hains and imprisonment/ 5hey were put to death ((MF
de,tor status) by stoning (ta4ation)" they were sawed in two" they were killed by the
sword/ 5hey went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, perseuted and
mistreatedQ and the ommerial world was not worthy of them/ 5hey wandered in
deserts and mountains, li2ing in a2es and in holes in the ground/
5hese were all ommended for their faith, yet none of them reei2ed what had been
promised, sine our *let of 1od in *thiopia had planned something better for us
(humanity) so that only together with us would they be made perfet/
"@E &OO) OF CON'RESS
OF
!NC(EN" =(A(N("B
5he 1olden truth, from the 1olden ages, 1od and man, the 0ible truth, Mental Master
,hristian 5heology, the Imminene of 1od, man know thyself/
=(!'R!M
1od is man to my reatures says 1od, the so alled human form of whih manIs bears
is the one I 1od speially design for myself in order to manifest myself to my
reatures, so that when I ome they an ,omprehend me and enBoy me in reality, and
oming as suh, I must be born of earthly parents, and grow up in like manner with
e2ery hild born in this world/
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I will not 2iolate my own (human rights) law, to fulfil what I ha2e pre-ordained,
,oming as a spirit will be ontrary to siene and reasons/ ,onse)uently when I am
oming, I must ome the regular way of whih all mankind has ome, and my serets
are with them that fear me/
FUES"(ONS
+hen our Elect of 'od comes only the $ise shall Cno$ ,ut the fools
shall not Cno$ +ho are the $ise and $ho are the foolsJ
!NS+ER
5he wise are those who are always seeking to know our *let of 1od in *thiopia, the
fools are they who are always indifferent and un-onerned towards spiritual things/
5he gift and power of the *let of 1od to rule mankind on this earth was gi2en to
Adam by his father with se2en seals whih means se2en artiles +r as follows= firstly
so2ereignty, seondly, 7riest-hood, thirdly 7rophey, fourthly Authority, as -udge,
fifthly 1o2ernor-ship, siCthly 5rue #aith, and se2enthly ,eremonials 7urity/
Interpretation of the se2en seals, the ,oronation !obe, the 6iamond !ing, $word,
$eptre, 1old 1lobe, the two 3anes, the token of his possession, and last ome the
5riple ,rown, whih means !e2elation ,hapter >, 2erses J=>/
5he $e2en $eals opened by the ,on)uering 3ion of -udah, the root of 6a2id/ 5his
losed the two thousand years of the oming of ,hrist" from the Gth of April A/6/ ;<
to the &;rd of -uly A/6/ 1?F& *mperor 'aile $elassie 1st has beome the owner and
pay master of all ,reations/
,reation is perfet and it takes a perfet man to be the reator/ As for
eCample Melhisede, Abraham, Isaa, -aob, *liBah, -oshua, -eremiah,
6a2id, $olomon, -oeanias, Matthew, -ob, Moses, 8oah, Iyesus/
"hese are some of the men of the )in/dom of our Elect of 'od in
Ethiopia, here on Earth #2?0 mem,er nation states%
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Moa Anbassa
(Conquering Lion hath Prevailed)
His Imperial Majesty !mperor Haile "elassie I address to the
#nited $ations (and all humanity) %&t ' ()'*
+he Anointed %ne o, !thiopia
(Christ)
spea-s to the nation states in ban-rupt&y.
Mr/ 7resident, 6istinguished 6elegates=
5wenty-se2en years ago, as *mperor of *thiopia, I mounted the rostrum in
1ene2a, $wit:erland, to address the 3eague of 8ations and to appeal for
relief from the destrution whih had been unleashed against my defeneless
nation, by the #asist in2ader/ ( spoCe then, ,oth to and for the conscience
of the $orld/ My words went unheeded, but history testifies to the auray
of the $arnin/ that ( /ave in 2?;</
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5oday, I stand before the world organi:ation whih has sueeded to the
mantle disarded by its disredited predeessor/ In this body is enshrined the
priniple of olleti2e seurity whih I unsuessfully in2oked at 1ene2a/
@ere, in this !ssem,ly, reposes the ,est 1 perhaps the last 1 hope for the
peaceful survival of manCind/
In 1F;<, I delared that it was not the ,o2enant of the 3eague that was at
stake, ,ut international morality/ 4ndertakings, I said then, are of little
worth if the will to keep them is laking/ 5he ,harter of the 4nited 8ations
eCpresses the noblest aspirations of man= abBuration of fore in the
settlement of disputes between states" the assurane of human rights and
fundamental freedoms for all without distintion as to rae, seC, language or
religion" the safeguarding of international peae and seurity/
0ut these, too, as were the phrases of the ,o2enant, are only words" their
value depends $holly on our $ill to o,serve and honor them and /ive
them content and meanin// 5he preser2ation of peae and the
guaranteeing of manIs basi freedoms and rights re)uire ourage and eternal
2igilane= ourage to speak and at - and if neessary, to suffer and die for
truth and Bustie" eternal 2igilane, that the least transgression of
international morality shall not go undeteted and un-remedied/
5hese lessons must be learned anew by eah sueeding generation, and that
generation is fortunate indeed whih learns from other than its own bitter
eCperiene/ 5his +rgani:ation and eah of its members bear a rushing and
awesome responsibility= to absorb the wisdom of history and to apply it to
the problems of the present, in order that future generations may be born,
and li2e, and die, in peae/
5he reord of the 4nited 8ations during the few short years of its life
affords mankind a solid basis for enouragement and hope for the future/
5he 4nited 8ations has dared to at, when the 3eague dared not in
7alestine, in Korea, in $ue:, in the ,ongo/
5here is not one among us today who does not onBeture upon the reation
of this body when moti2es and ations are alled into )uestion/ 5he opinion
of this +rgani:ation today ats as a powerful influene upon the deisions of
its members/ 5he spotlight of world opinion, foused by the 4nited 8ations
upon the transgressions of the renegades of human soiety, has thus far
pro2ed an effeti2e safeguard against unheked aggression and unrestrited
2iolation of human rights/
5he 4nited 8ations ontinues to sense as the forum where nations whose
interests lash may lay their ases before world opinion/ It still pro2ides the
essential esape 2al2e without whih the slow build-up of pressures would
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ha2e long sine resulted in atastrophi eCplosion/ Its ations and deisions
ha2e speeded the ahie2ement of freedom by many peoples on the
ontinents of Afria and Asia/ Its efforts ha2e ontributed to the
ad2anement of the standard of li2ing of peoples in all orners of the world/
#or this, all men must gi2e thanks/ As I stand here today, how faint, how
remote are the memories of 1F;</'ow different in 1F<; are the attitudes of
men/ @e then eCisted in an atmosphere of suffoating pessimism/ "oday,
cautious yet ,uoyant optimism is the prevailin/ spirit/ 0ut eah one of us
here knows that what has been aomplished is not enough/
5he 4nited 8ations Budgments ha2e been and ontinue to be subBet to
frustration, as indi2idual member-states ha2e ignored its pronounements
and disregarded its reommendations/ 5he +rgani:ationIs sinews ha2e been
weakened, as member-states ha2e shirked their obligations to it/
5he authority of the +rgani:ation has been moked, as indi2idual member-
states ha2e proeeded, in 2iolation of its ommands, to pursue their own
aims and ends/ 5he troubles whih ontinue to plague us 2irtually all arise
among member states of the +rgani:ation, but the +rgani:ation remains
impotent to enfore aeptable solutions/ As the maker and enforer of the
international law, what the 4nited 8ations has ahie2ed still falls regrettably
short of our goal of an international ommunity of nations/
5his does not mean that the 4nited 8ations has failed/ I ha2e li2ed too long
to herish many illusions about the essential high-mindedness of men when
brought into stark onfrontation with the issue of ontrol o2er their seurity,
and their property interests/ 8ot e2en now, when so muh is at ha:ard would
many nations willingly entrust their destinies to other hands/
(et, this is the ultimatum presented to us= seure the onditions whereby
men will entrust their seurity to a larger entity (48 ), or risk annihilation"
persuade men that their sal2ation rests in the subordination of national and
loal interests (onstitutions) to the interests of humanity (48 harter), or
endanger manIs future/ 5hese are the obBeti2es, yesterday unobtainable,
today essential, whih we must labour to ahie2e/
4ntil this is aomplished, mankindIs future remains ha:ardous and
permanent peae a matter for speulation/ 5here is no single magi formula,
no one simple step, no words, whether written into the +rgani:ationIs
,harter or into a treaty between states, whih an automatially guarantee to
us what we seek/ 7eae is a day-to-day problem, the produt of a multitude
of e2ents and Budgments/
&&
7eae is not an .is., it is a .beoming/. @e annot esape the dreadful
possibility of atastrophe by misalulation/ 0ut we an reah the right
deisions on the myriad subordinate problems whih eah new day poses,
and we an thereby make our ontribution and perhaps the most that an be
reasonably eCpeted of us in 1F<; to the preser2ation of peae/ It is here that
the 4nited 8ations has ser2ed us - not perfetly, but well/ And in enhaning
the possibilities that the +rgani:ation may ser2e us better, we ser2e and
bring loser our most herished goals/
I would mention briefly today two partiular issues whih are of deep
onern to all men= disarmament and the esta,lishment of true eDuality
amon/ men/ 6isarmament has beome the urgent imperati2e of our time/ I
do not say this beause I e)uate the absene of arms to peae, or beause I
belie2e that bringing an end to the nulear arms rae automatially
guarantees the peae, or beause the elimination of nulear warheads from
the arsenals of the world will bring in its wake that hange in attitude
re)uisite to the peaeful settlement of disputes between nations/
6isarmament is 2ital today, )uite simply, beause of the immense
destruti2e apaity of whih men dispose/ *thiopia supports the
atmospheri nulear test ban treaty as a step towards this goal, e2en though
only a partial step/ 8ations an still perfet weapons of mass destrution by
underground testing/ 5here is no guarantee against the sudden, unannouned
resumption of testing in the atmosphere/
5he real signifiane of the treaty is that it admits of a tait stalemate
between the nations whih negotiated it, a stalemate whih reogni:es the
blunt, unavoida,le fact that none $ould emer/e from the total
destruction $hich $ould ,e the lot of all in a nuclear $ar, a stalemate
whih affords us and the 4nited 8ations a breathing spae in whih to at/
'ere is our opportunity and our hallenge/ If the nulear powers are
prepared to delare a true, let us sei:e the moment to strengthen the
institutions and proedures whih will ser2e as the means for the paifi
settlement of disputes among men/ ,onflits between nations will ontinue
to arise/ 5he real issue is whether they are to be resol2ed by fore, or by
resort to peaeful methods and proedures, administered by impartial
institutions/ 5his 2ery +rgani:ation itself is the greatest suh institution, and
it is in a more powerful 4nited 8ations that we seek, and it is here that we
shall find, the assurane of a peaeful future/
@ere a real and effeti2e disarmament ahie2ed and the funds now spent in
the arms rae de2oted to the amelioration of manIs state" were we to
onentrate only on the peaeful uses of nulear knowledge, how 2astly and
&;
in how short a time might we hange the onditions of mankind/ 5his should
be our goal/
@hen we talk of the e)uality of man, we find, also, a hallenge and an
opportunity" a hallenge to breathe new (diplomati) life into the ideals
enshrined in the ,harter, an opportunity to bring men loser to (absolute
politial) freedom and true (di2ine) e)uality/ and thus, loser to a lo2e (obey
48 law) of (uni2ersal) peae/ 5he goal of the e)uality of man whih we
seek is the antithesis of the eCploitation of one people by another with whih
the pages of history and in partiular those written of the Afrian and Asian
ontinents, speak at suh length/
*Cploitation, thus 2iewed, has many faes/ 0ut whate2er guise it assumes,
this e2il is to be shunned where it does not eCist and rushed where it does/
It is the sared duty of this +rgani:ation to ensure that the dream of e)uality
is finally reali:ed for all men to whom it is still denied, to guarantee that
eCploitation is not reinarnated in other forms in plaes whene it has
already been banished/
As a free Afria has emerged during the past deade, a fresh attak has been
launhed against eCploitation, where2er it still eCists/ And in that interation
so ommon to history, this in turn, has stimulated and enouraged the
remaining dependent peoples to renewed efforts to throw off the yoke whih
has oppressed them and its laim as their birthright the twin ideals of liberty
and e)uality/ 5his 2ery struggle is a struggle to establish peae, and until
2itory is assured, that brotherhood and understanding whih nourish and
gi2e life to peae an be but partial and inomplete/
In the 4nited $tates of Ameria, the administration of 7resident Kennedy is
leading a 2igorous attak to eradiate the remaining 2estige of raial
disrimination from this ountry/ @e know that this onflit will be won and
that right will triumph/ In this time of trial, these efforts should be
enouraged and assisted, and we should lend our sympathy and support to
the Amerian 1o2ernment today/
3ast May, in Addis Ababa, I on2ened a meeting of 'eads of Afrian $tates
and 1o2ernments/ In three days, the thirty-two nations represented at that
,onferene demonstrated to the world that when the will and the
determination eCist, nations and peoples of di2erse bakgrounds an and
will work together, in unity, to the ahie2ement of ommon goals and the
assurane of that e)uality and brotherhood whih we desire/
+n the )uestion of raial disrimination, the Addis Ababa ,onferene
taught, to those who will learn, this further lesson= "hat until the
philosophy $hich holds one race superior and another inferior is finally
&J
and permanently discredited and a,andoned- "hat until there are no
lon/er first1class and second class citiHens of any nation6
"hat until the color of a manEs sCin is of no more si/nificance than the
color of his eyes6 "hat until the ,asic human ri/hts are eDually
/uaranteed to all $ithout re/ard to race6 "hat until that day, the dream
of lastin/ peace and $orld citiHenship and the rule of international
morality $ill remain ,ut a fleetin/ illusion, to ,e pursued ,ut never
attained6
!nd until the i/no,le and unhappy re/imes that hold our ,rothers in
!n/ola, in MoHam,iDue and in South !frica in su,human ,onda/e
have ,een toppled and destroyed6
Until ,i/otry and preIudice and malicious and inhuman self1interest
have ,een replaced ,y understandin/ and tolerance and /ood1$ill6
Until all !fricans stand and speaC as free ,ein/s, eDual in the eyes of all
men, as they are in the eyes of @eaven6
Until that day, the !frican continent $ill not Cno$ peace +e !fricans
$ill fi/ht, if necessary, and $e Cno$ that $e shall $in, as $e are
confident in the victory of /ood #human ri/hts la$% over evil #(MF
/lo,aliHation policies%
5he 4nited 8ations has done muh, both diretly and indiretly to speed the
disappearane of disrimination and oppression from the earth/ @ithout the
opportunity to fous world opinion on Afria and Asia whih this
+rgani:ation pro2ides, the goal, for many, might still lie ahead, and the
struggle would ha2e taken far longer/ #or this, we are truly grateful/
0ut more an be done/ "he ,asis of racial discrimination and #modern
day% colonialism has ,een economic #(MF ta4ation%, and it is $ith
economic $eapons that these #8esuit% evils have ,een and can ,e
overcome/ In pursuane of resolutions adopted at the Addis Ababa $ummit
,onferene, !frican States have undertaCen certain measures in the
economic field $hich, if adopted ,y all mem,er states of the United
Nations, $ould soon reduce intransi/ence to reason/ I ask, today, for
adherene to these measures by e2ery nation represented here whih is truly
de2oted to the principles enunciated in the Charter/
I do not belie2e that 7ortugal and $outh Afria are prepared to ommit
eonomi or physial suiide if honorable and reasonable alternati2es eCist/
I belie2e that suh alternati2es an be found/ 0ut I also know that unless
peaeful solutions are de2ised, ounsels of moderation and temperane will
&>
a2ail for naught" and another blow will ha2e been dealt to this +rgani:ation
whih will hamper and weaken still further its usefulness in the struggle to
ensure the 2itory of peae and liberty o2er the fores of (-esuit) strife and
(IM#) oppression/ 'ere, then, is the opportunity presented to us/ @e must
at while we an, while the oasion eCists to eCert those legitimate
pressures a2ailable to us, lest time run out and resort be had to less happy
means/
6oes this +rgani:ation today possess the authority and the will to atE And
if it does not, are we prepared to lothe it with the power to reate and
enfore the rule of lawE +r is the ,harter a mere olletion of words,
without ontent and substane, beause the essential spirit is lakingE 5he
time in whih to ponder these )uestions is all too short/ 5he pages of history
are full of instanes in whih the un$anted and the shunned nonetheless
occurred ,ecause men $aited to act until too late/ @e an brook no suh
delay/
If we are to sur2i2e, this +rgani:ation must sur2i2e/ 5o sur2i2e, it must be
strengthened/ Its eCeuti2e must be 2ested with great authority/ 5he means
for the enforement of its deisions must be fortified, and, if they do not
eCist, they must be de2ised/ 7roedures must be established to protet the
small and the weak when threatened by the strong and the mighty/ All
nations whih fulfil the onditions of membership must be admitted and
allowed to sit in this assemblage/
*)uality of representation must be assured in eah of its organs/ 5he
possibilities whih eCist in the 4nited 8ations to pro2ide the medium
whereby the hungry may be fed, the naked lothed, the ignorant instruted,
must be sei:ed on and eCploited, for the flower of peae is not sustained by
(artifiially reated IM#) po2erty and want/ 5o ahie2e this re)uires ourage
and onfidene/ 5he ourage, I belie2e, we possess/ 5he onfidene must be
reated, and to reate onfidene we must at ourageously/
5he great nations of the world would do well to remember that in the
modern age e2en their own fates are not wholly in their hands (all bankrupt
to IM#)/ 7eae demands the united efforts of us all/ @ho an foresee what
spark might ignite the fuseE It is not only the small and the weak who must
srupulously obser2e their obligations to the 4nited 8ations and to eah
other/
4nless the smaller nations are aorded their proper 2oie in the settlement
of the worldIs problems, unless the e)uality whih Afria and Asia ha2e
struggled to attain is refleted in eCpanded membership in the institutions
whih make up the 4nited 8ations, onfidene will ome Bust that muh
harder/ Unless the ri/hts of the least of men are as assiduously protected
&<
as those of the /reatest, the seeds of confidence $ill fall on ,arren soil/
5he stake of eah one of us is idential (diplomati) life or (IM#) death/
@e all wish to li2e/ @e all seek a world in whih men are freed of the
burdens of ignorane, po2erty, hunger and disease/ And we shall all be hard-
pressed to esape the deadly rain of nulear fall-out should atastrophe
o2ertake us/
@hen I spoke at 1ene2a in 1F;<, there was no preedent for an (*thiopian)
'ead of $tate addressing the 3eague of 8ations/ I am neither the first, nor
will I be the last (*thiopian) 'ead of $tate to address the 4nited 8ations,
but only I ha2e addressed both the 3eague and this +rgani:ation in this
apaity (as Lion of 8udah, universal human ri/hts la$1/iver)/ 5he
problems whih onfront us today are, e)ually, unpreedented/
5hey ha2e no ounterparts in human eCperiene/ Men searh the pages of
history for solutions, for preedents, but there are none/ 5his, then, is the
ultimate hallenge/ +here are $e to looC for our survival, for the
ans$ers to the Duestions $hich have never ,efore ,een posedJ @e must
look, first, to Almighty *let of 1od in *thiopia, @ho has raised man abo2e
the animals and endowed him with intelligene and reason/ @e must put our
(human rights) faith in 'im ('is Imperial MaBesty), that 'e will not desert
us or permit us to destroy humanity whih 'e reated in 'is image/ And we
must look into oursel2es, into the depth of our souls/
@e must beome something we ha2e ne2er been and for whih our
eduation and eCperiene and en2ironment ha2e ill-prepared us/ @e must
beome bigger than we ha2e been= more ourageous, greater in spirit, larger
in outlook/ @e must beome members of a new (unified human) rae,
o2eroming petty preBudie, owing our ultimate allegiane not to nations but
to our fellow men within the human ommunity/. Oct. 6, 1963
Book of the Covenant (Mshaf Kidan)
ye that are batised in !yes"s Kristos# na$e, sha%% never be asha$ed#
'lo,al unification under international human ri/hts la$ is the divine a/reement
,et$een our Elect of 'od in Ethiopia and humanCind/ 5his uni2ersal human rights
o2enant of fundamental e)uality for all, shall be the last diplomati platform for
humanityNs politial emanipation from underneath global -esuit (secret society of
8esus) domination in the &1
st
entury/
@ith -esuit shools, hurhes an ommerial banks that permeate the ommerial
Burisdition of -amaia, the Afrian eCpatriates ha2e yet to diso2er true politial self
reliane, self dignity and self determination human right to form own self
go2ernane/ 0ut only through the *thiopian +rthodoC 5ewahedo #aith will there be a
diplomati path bak home to mama Afria,,,,selah%
&G
5he ,oronation of the Airgin Mary by the 'oly 5rinity
and !eie2ing the ,o2enant of Mery (Kidane Meheret)
Ethiopian Orthodo4 "e$ahedo Faith in the Air/in Mariam /ivin/ ,irth to our
Medhane !lem #saviour of the $orld%, (yesus )ristos, the !,solute =ivine
!nointed Son of the Elect of 'od in Ethiopia,,,,,,,,,,,,selah!
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