"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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praying! and may your readers also include me, with all my agony and suffering that God have mercy on me, a poor unworthy soul.
Thank you, Marilena! I will pray for you as well.
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