WAR BEGETS PEACE

[Iudaes 1087]

BELLUM FERT PACEM

WAR BEGETS PEACE

 

On the Nature of War and Conflict
and Their Relationship With Peace.

 

Written and Published by Father Ernst,
From The Basilica of the Ascent.

 

The Twelfth of Harren's Folly, 1831.

 

“He was called Godfrey, for he brought GOD’s peace.”
(Gospel 6:12)

 

 

Since days of yore have fields been marked by the panicked feet of soldiers and the blood of their adversaries, lasting scars on those continents yonder and of present which are testament to the ugly truths of a world not yet one with God and ever still subject to the most abhorred whims of Iblees. War has forever been a notable piece in the puzzle of time, the conflicts fought between men of different faiths, banners, and races eternally significant to the records of history which so invariably compose our studies in every age and era. It is with this volume of conflict that brings to mind a most evident pattern; war begets war.

 

Most apparent is the cyclical nature of war; the fact that war is recurrent. There has never been a war which has brought an end to all others, and just as sickness begets sickness (by means of infection), it can easily be assumed that conflict begets conflict, as many wars have been caused by past aggression and rivalry, which has produced such a malicious cycle. However, whilst I utter no disagreement of the fact that war has caused war many a time, I challenge the belief that war always begets war and rather that it can too bring rise to peace, however believable or inconceivable that may be. 

 

Notable among the Scripture’s verses which support a “war begets peace” argument is this citing from the Scroll of Auspice, “And by God’s will I redeem you of your failures, and send you to work peace upon it.” (Auspice 2:9) Said by Exalted Horen to Exalted Sigismund, and the descendant, Urguan, and repeated thereafter to those others of the Exalted and their lieutenants who command the armies of God; this verse is uttered prior to the final battle against Iblees which will be the end to that long war between the Lord God and the Betrayer. With this brings the question; how can one work peace upon the world through conflict? If war always begets war, then most certainly this battle will not be the final battle; and yet God does not lie, His Scriptures the one and only truth, therefore making revelation of Auspice absolute truth. War in this case does not beget war, a contradiction to so many conflicts.

 

How, through battle, do the servants of God work peace? Perhaps this culmination of the war against the Denier is one opposite of peace, yet it is through the cause of Horen and of Owyn and of Godfrey and Sigismund that they, along with those armies beside them, will sow the seeds of peace for a fruitful, eternal harvest. It is, in fact, the cause which matters; why they fight is key to war’s outcome. For instance, throughout the faith’s history, there have been multiple wars against Norland, many of which were deemed necessary by the Pontiffs of their time. We harken back to the Pontificate of His Holiness, Blessed Jude I, who, after learning of the many grave offenses committed by Norland against the Church, declared Holy War upon Norland and their allies in the “Second Golden Bull of Saint Judeburg”, “The Church and Her Magisterium declare a Crusade upon Norland & Haense and her allies…”. This retribution, incurred by Norland following their crimes, would beget peace, even causing the reconciliation of the Church and Haense and the Dual Monarchy’s recognition of the Vicar of God’s absolute and infallible authority.

 

It was a righteous war; one for God, in His name. It’s intention was pure, His Holiness’s cause to soundly defeat a nation which had, through it’s apostasy and transgressions inflicted upon the Mother Church, made itself an enemy of God, and therefore, Blessed Jude I, through such a crusade, would bring about GOD’s peace, which is a true peace. However, we now look to a more recent example, that being the war of Norland against the Holy Empire of Oren. Even if the apostate nation had emerged victorious, there would be no peace. You may say, “there would be no war, which is in essence, peace.” That is however, most untrue. Quiet would befall the land perhaps, but this quiet would not be peace for it is not of the Lord. We know that God is Peace, as His Holiness, Venerable Jude II, said in the Encyclical Letter, “Deus Et Pacem”. Verily then, God is Peace and God Peace’s source. Norland is, as said, a Kingdom not of God, and a nation who does not embrace the Source of Peace certainly cannot will Peace upon the land.

 

However, perhaps most plainly is this said by His Holiness, Saint James II, in the “Canonist Theory of Just War”, “We have thus endeavored to formulate laws governing just war, that we may guarantee it is waged righteously, for the purposes of peace only.” It is these laws which dictate the intention of war itself, being “for the purposes of peace only.”, and these wars for the purposes of Peace only therefore beget Peace. Yet most notably does His Holiness say, “even if all the world were ruled by a single tyrant, having no enemy upon whom to wage war, the injustice of his reign would itself be disruption of peace...We therefore view peace as justice, and justice as peace”. This tyrant is, most clearly, not righteous nor virtuous, and therefore, while his rule may bring an absence of war, is not of peace for it is not of God’s Peace. His intention is not pure, yet those that would mean to overthrow him through war are virtuous in their intentions, and therefore will, through war, bring about Peace.

 

Verily, it is not only the war against Iblees which will bring Peace but too, war against agents similar to Iblees who oppose the Lord God. Whether such conflict be levied against Norland, Santegia, or the Denier himself, War can indeed beget Peace. It merely matters who the architects of such a war are and of which intent they bear. We must endeavor to reject war, yes, for most certainly is it not the nature of God. Yet if absolutely necessary, it is always the virtuous who must fight it, for it is through their war that they shall shape the world. It is only if these victors will the Peace of God upon these plains that Peace shall reign. Just War; War that begets Peace, my friends, is therefore the only way, for the lands will inevitably be scarred by conflict. Hence, it is by the rule of the virtuous that these scars shall be healed, yet by the rule of the evil that those wounds shall be deepened. 

 

Forever Faithful,
Ernst

Edited August 3, 2021 by GoldWolf

[JoanOfArc 4586]

Cardinal Gawain stated without any hesitation as he read the paper with he nodded affirmly,

 

"The ends justify the means."