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Pope John Paul II wrote Slavorum Apostoli (The Apostles of the Slavs) in 1985. The letter is a commemoration of Saints Cyril and Methodius, the ninth-century apostles to the Slavic nations of Europe. The encyclical, written by the first Slavic pope, focused on the cultural unity of the Slavic nations with the rest of Europe, and is seen to have had two primary objectives: undermine the isolation...

do you hold this because you consider God is so weak that he cannot grant it, or so envious that he does not wish it?”.31 To the historical and logical arguments which they brought against him Cyril replied by referring to the inspired basis of Sacred Scripture: “Let every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father”;32 “All the earth worships you; they sing praises to you, sing praises to your name”;33 “Praise the Lord, all nations! Extol him, all peoples!”.34 18. The