"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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I'm glad you knew. I kept asking dh when it was and he didn't know -- he ALWAYS knows. Modern techology -- the DVR and cell phones changed automatically and let us in on it.
Exactly! I was thinking, this year, that soon people will not really need reminding at all.
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