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“He has given me strength and power; He has granted me a great name through His Son, in whom I have believed; and He has made me the guide of all my kingdom, because of my faith in Christ.”
Source: Greek royal inscription of Ezana (RIE 271), found at Aksum in 1969; French translation in F. Anfray, A. Caquot & P. Nautin, 'Une nouvelle inscription grecque d'Ezana, roi d'Axoum', Journal des Savants, 1970, no. 4, p. 266
Context From the royal inscription Ezana had cut at Aksum after his campaign against the Noba, in which he styles himself 'servant of Christ' and gives thanks for his kingdom.
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