Today is Holy Saturday. A day in which we await the Resurrection of Our Lord. Holy Saturday is the day in which Jesus "descended to the dead" to preach the Gospel to those who had gone before and were awaiting their Savior.
"Slavery ended in medieval Europe only because the church extended its sacraments to all slaves and then managed to impose a ban on the enslavement of Christians (and of Jews). Within the context of medieval Europe, that prohibition was effectively a rule of universal abolition. "— Rodney Stark
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