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Do any of the seven ecumenical councils condemn slavery?
No, none of the ecumenical councils prohibit slavery, or deal with the subject to any significant extent.
The closest connection to slavery that I have found in the ecumenical councils is the ...
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Did St. Paulinus of Nola sell himself into slavery to redeem one slave?
The story appears in Butler's Lives of Saints, a standard reference for many saints' histories. The relevant part of the (brief) Butler's entry reads:
St. Gregory the Great tells us that when the ...
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What does John Wesley mean by this phrase?
The Latin phrase translates as “Athanasius against the world.” Athanasius was a Christian theologian, a Church Father, and the chief defender of Trinitarianism against Arianism. He battled against ...
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What compelled John Wesley to take up the cause of Abolitionism?
You ask what compelled Wesley to take on slavery and become one of the early adopters of abolition. I found a somewhat lengthy and wordy paper on this subject and have extracted a few paragraphs that ...
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Has a slave served as a priest?
Has a slave served as a priest?
Geremia does a great job in demonstrating that a being a slave is a serious impediment to being ordained.
Nevertheless the Church does have examples of ex-slaves ...
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Why did Sarai & Abram have the slave Hagar?
The presence of Hagar in the household of Abraham and Sarah is evidently a matter of the Providence of God as we see unfold the figure that she represents, that of bondage under a legal covenant.
The ...
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What was the Early Church's view on slavery?
What was the early church's view on slavery?
Before going on I would like to draw attention to the fact that slavery in the Scriptures may not always mean slavery in the sense that we understand it ...
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What was the earliest Papal condemnation of slavery?
Condemnation of 'unjust' slavery came somewhat earlier than papal condemnation of 'just' slavery. The legitimacy of slavery was recognised in the Corpus Iuris Canonici, promulgated by Pope Gregory IX, ...
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Do Reformed paedobaptists call for the baptism of household servants, just as Abraham's servants were circumcised?
In a limited sense, yes, some Reformed paedobaptists have supported this: the presentation of slave children for baptism by their masters was practiced and supported in the Presbyterian Church in the ...
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Has a slave served as a priest?
Slavery is an impediment to receiving the sacrament of Holy Orders.
1917 Code* canon 987 §4 (cf. 1983 Code canon 1042):
The [following] are simply impeded [from receiving Holy Orders]:[…]4.° Those ...
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Why did Sarai & Abram have the slave Hagar?
Why did Sarai and Abram have the slave Hagar?
Slavery in biblical times was quite common. Yet the idea of having slaves had a somewhat different place in society amongst the Patriarchs.
Many of the ...
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Did St. Paulinus of Nola sell himself into slavery to redeem one slave?
Numerous hagiographies exist for saints, real or imagined, in the period prior to the fourth century, but in many cases they are simply traditions that grew over time. Wikipedia reports the tradition ...
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Slavery in the classical ancient Christianity
From various passages in Isaiah, you can assemble a list of signs that Messiah would perform.
61 The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,
because the Lord has anointed me
to proclaim good news to ...
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What was the Early Church's view on slavery?
The early church of the first century had no "view" on slavery, any more than it had a "view" on crucifixion. The Roman empire of the day practiced both. They were facts that were ...
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Why did Sarai & Abram have the slave Hagar?
The word "slave" doesn't have to mean what we think of it as today.
Many societies are very family oriented.
When someone becomes aged or infirm, their family naturally supports and cares ...
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Did the Israelites/Hebrews have their own slaves or servants?
The Israelites and Jews had slaves throughout the biblical period, as various passages of the Bible attest. Exodus 12:44 talks of the purchase of slaves and the need for them to be circumcised, which ...
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