The Sacred Texts

While the battle was heating up in America, it was already hot in the Far East. Russian forces had already advanced deep into Kazakhstan, while Chinese forces moved into Nepal and Burma. They encountered very light resistance, and were making good progress on their drive toward the Islamic Front Nations, destroying every last vestige of religion as they raced towards the south.

The speed of the advance of the secularist forces surprised the theist leaders. An urgent meeting of the Council of Elders was called. The meeting was being held in Alexandria Egypt because of its prominence as a center for the antiquities trade. There was a conference on paleography being held in Alexandria, which was to be attended by the internationally recognized expert on antiquities, Professor Alexander Clark.

The Council had received news that the secularists were destroying bibles and copies of the Koran and the Torah in America. The Council members knew it was only a matter of time before the secularists would begin destroying all the sacred texts and that they would need help if they were to have any chance of saving the remaining copies. They needed someone they could trust, and someone who had access to the great libraries of the world if they were to be successful. That someone was Alexander Clark.

Professor Clark, also known as the Librarian, was a Professor of Philosophy at Oxford University and the Director of Scholarship and Collections at the British Library. Professor Clark was a worldrenowned expert on ancient manuscripts and paleography. He was also a good Christian, and had the knowledge and the access to help save the sacred texts. The professor had been invited to the Council of Elders meeting to present the latest information on the sacred texts.

“As you know professor, the godless ones are on a crusade to destroy religion. In so doing, they wish to destroy the sacred texts. We have called upon your services to help us secure the sacred texts before they can be destroyed,” explained Nicholas.

“The secularists know that to completely destroy religion, they must destroy the sacred texts. The sacred texts are the foundation of our faith, without them we have nothing,” replied Professor Clark.

“What can you tell us about the sacred texts?” asked Elijah.

The professor began his presentation,“As you know, there is still disagreement between various Christian sects about which books belong to the Bible. There are books included in the Septuagint and Vulgate, which are excluded from the Jewish and Protestant canons of the Old Testament. Both the western Catholic and eastern Orthodox churches base their Old Testaments on the Septuagint, a Greek translation of the