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  2. Acts of reparation - Wikipedia

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    According to Thomas Slater, writing in the Catholic Encyclopedia, reparation is a theological concept closely connected with those of atonement and satisfaction.Although God could have chosen to condone the sins of humanity, in divine providence, he instead judged it better to demand satisfaction through reparation and penance for sins of humanity.

  3. Acts of Reparation to the Virgin Mary - Wikipedia

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    In the meantime do thou, our merciful Mother, the supreme comforter of the afflicted, accept this our act of reparation which we offer thee for ourselves and for all our families, as well as for all who impiously blaspheme thee, not knowing what they say. Do thou obtain for them from Almighty God the grace of conversion, and thus render more ...

  4. Reparation (legal) - Wikipedia

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    The principle of reparation dates back to the lex talionis of Hebrew Scripture. Anglo-Saxon courts in England before the Norman conquest also contained this principle. Under the English legal system judges must consider making a compensation order as part of the sentence for a crime.

  5. Catholic Church and slavery - Wikipedia

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    In a decree dated 18 April 1591 (Bulla Cum Sicuti), Pope Gregory XIV ordered reparations to be made by Catholics in the Philippines, to locals who had been forced into slavery by Europeans, and he commanded under pain of excommunication that all native slaves in the islands be set free. [95]

  6. Christian views on slavery - Wikipedia

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    Abolitionist writings, such as "A Condensed Anti-Slavery Bible Argument" (1845) by George Bourne, [126] and "God Against Slavery" (1857) by George B. Cheever, [127] used the Bible, logic and reason extensively in contending against the institution of slavery, and in particular the chattel form of it as seen in the South.

  7. Factbox-Where Europe, US stand on slavery reparations - AOL

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    Proponents of reparations say slavery's legacy has caused persistent racial inequalities while opponents say countries shouldn't be held responsible for historic Factbox-Where Europe, US stand on ...

  8. Commonwealth leaders say 'time has come' for discussion on ...

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    APIA, Samoa (Reuters) -Commonwealth leaders, ending a week-long summit in Samoa, said on Saturday the time had come for a discussion on whether Britain should commit to reparations for its role in ...

  9. Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for ...

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    Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act; Long title: To address the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the United States and the 13 American colonies between 1619 and 1865 and to establish a commission to study and consider a national apology and proposal for reparations for the institution of slavery, its subsequent ...