Catholic Church and slavery
De Catholic Church den slavery get a long den complicated history. Na dem practice den accept slavery by chaw cultures den religions around de world thru out history, wey dey include insyd ancient Rome. Na passages insyd de Old Testament sanction forms of temporal slavery give Israelites as a means make dem repay a debt. Slaves, dem capture insyd war anaa dem purchase, den dema kiddies dem enslave for life.[1] After na dem legalize Christianity under de Roman empire, na sentiment grow say na chaw kinds of slavery be incompatible plus Christian justice. Na views range from rejecting all forms of slavery to accepting slavery subject to certain restrictions (Thomas Aquinas). Na de Christian West almost entirely enforce say na dem no fi enslave a free Christian, for example as a captive insyd war. However, na dem no apply dis consistently thru out history. Na de Middle Ages witness de emergence of orders of monks such as de Mercedarians wey na dem focus on ransoming Christian slaves. By de end of de medieval period, na dem largely abolish enslavement of Christians thru out Europe, although na enslavement of non-Christians remain permissible wey na dem revive am insyd Spain den Portugal. Na slavery remain a subject of debate within de Church for centuries, plus chaw Popes dey issue bulls on de issue, such as Sublimis Deus.
By de 1800s, na de Church reach relative consensus in favor of condemning chattel slavery wey na e praise ein abolition.[2]
References
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[edit | edit source]- Bermejo, Luis M. (1998). Infallibility on Trial: Church, Conciliarity and Communion. Christian Classics. ISBN 978-0-87061-190-2.
- Clarence-Smith, W. G. "Religions and the abolition of slavery - a comparative approach" (PDF). Retrieved January 24, 2024.
- Curran, Robert Emmett (2012). Shaping American Catholicism: Maryland and New York, 1805–1915. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctt284vw2. ISBN 978-0-8132-1967-7. JSTOR j.ctt284vw2.
- Daniel-Rops, Henri (1957). Cathedral and Crusade: Studies of the Medieval Church 1050–1350. Dutton.
Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- Henderson, Lawrence W (1979). Angola: five centuries of conflict. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. ISBN 0801412471.
- Noll, Mark (2006). The Civil War as a theological crisis. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-3012-3.
- Thomas, Hugh (1997). The Slave Trade: the story of the Atlantic slave trade, 1440–1870. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-684-81063-8.