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Credo in unum deum Et in unum dominum Athanasius contra mundum Born in alexandria, fire in his veins Rome on the throne but chaos remains The serpent rose with a poisoned creed Christ is not God, heresy decreed At nicaea the battle was drawn Truth versus lies, dusk against dawn A deacon stood with thunderous voice Homoousios, the church's choice When bishops bent He stood alone Steel in his soul Bone against bone Contra mundum, athanasius! Against the world he stood his ground Defender of Christ, truth unbound No surrender, no retreat! Five times exiled, never bent Victory forged in torment Emperor's wrath, arian blade False councils rising, truth betrayed They hunted his life, sent killers by night God hid his warrior from murderous sight Sailed down the nile, escaped by prayer Vanished in deserts, vanished in air Monks were his army, faith was his shield In caves and tombs the gospel revealed From throne to desert From palace to dust Still Christ was king Still God he confessed Contra mundum, athanasius! Hammer of heresy, flame of the creed Son is eternal, true God indeed No surrender, no retreat! Empire and hell could not make him kneel He died standing on truth's steel Council of nicaea, three hundred bishops One creed, one Christ Homoousios! Homoousios! He wrote the banner the church still flies On the incarnation, the war cry God became man so man could rise He crushed arian lies with eternal light Saint anthony's life he sent through time Monastic fire, desert sublime From east to west his words still roar Doctrine armed forevermore When rome was weak He carried the flame When truth was hunted He spoke the name Contra mundum, athanasius! Guardian of dogma, shield of the son The trinity's fortress, battle won No surrender, no retreat! The creed still echoes through history's fire Forged by a bishop's ire Exile, return Hunted, unbroken Faith never burned Old and scarred but standing tall He returned when tyrants fell Shepherd restored to alexandria's wall After decades of war with hell Now centuries pass, empires decay But nicaea's creed still guards the way Every mass repeats his stand Every altar bears his hand Contra mundum, athanasius! Lion of doctrine, champion of light The son is eternal, God from God, light from light No surrender, no retreat! Against the storm he held the line Faith victorious, divine Contra mundum, athanasius! History's witness, church's sword His war still echoes in every lord's word Creed! Truth! Victory! We rise and defend What athanasius died to defend Sancte athanasi, ora pro nobis Defensor fidei Amen