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  2. Total depravity - Wikipedia

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    Total depravity (also called radical corruption [1] or pervasive depravity) is a Protestant theological doctrine derived from the concept of original sin.It teaches that, as a consequence of the Fall, every person born into the world is enslaved to the service of sin as a result of their fallen nature and, apart from the efficacious (irresistible) or prevenient (enabling) grace of God, is ...

  3. Select Parts of the Holy Bible for the use of the Negro ...

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    The publishers of the slave bible thought these sections, such as the Exodus, the Book of Psalms, and the Book of Revelation, "could instill in slaves a dangerous hope for freedom and dreams of equality". [1] Passages like Ephesians 6:5, "Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in ...

  4. Forced conversion - Wikipedia

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    A form of forced conversion became institutionalized during the Ottoman Empire in the practice of devşirme, [105] a human levy in which Christian boys were seized and collected from their families (usually in the Balkans), enslaved, forcefully converted to Islam, and then trained as elite military unit within the Ottoman army or for high ...

  5. Axioma Ethica Odini - Wikipedia

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    Axioma Ethica Odini is the eleventh studio album by Norwegian extreme metal band Enslaved.It was released on September 27, 2010, via Indie Recordings in Europe and on September 28, 2010, via Nuclear Blast in North America.

  6. Five Points of Calvinism - Wikipedia

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    The acrostic TULIP was used by Cleland Boyd McAfee as early as circa 1905. [4] An early printed appearance of the acrostic can be found in Loraine Boettner's 1932 book, The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination. [5] Total depravity (also called radical corruption) [6] asserts that as a consequence of the fall of man into sin, every person is ...

  7. On the Bondage of the Will - Wikipedia

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    Luther's response was to claim that original sin incapacitates human beings from working out their own salvation, and that they are completely incapable of bringing themselves to God. As such, there is no free will for humanity, as far as salvation is concerned, because any will they might have is overwhelmed by the influence of sin. [6]

  8. Slavery and religion - Wikipedia

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    Enslaved non-believers were sometimes converted to Christianity, but elements of their traditional beliefs merged with their Christian beliefs. Early Islamic texts encourage kindness towards slaves and manumission (legally freeing individual slaves), while recognizing slavery as an institution and permitting enslavement of non-Muslims ...

  9. Catholic Church and slavery - Wikipedia

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    [4] Catholic clergy, religious orders, and popes owned slaves, and the naval galleys of the Papal States used captured Muslim galley slaves in particular. [5] Some Catholic saints appeared to have owned slaves, including Philemon of Colossae, Gregory of Tours [6] and Marie-Marguerite d'Youville. Catholic teaching began, however, to turn against ...