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Pope Nicholas V. Dum Diversas (english: While different) is a papal bull issued on 18 June 1452 by Pope Nicholas V.It authorized King Afonso V of Portugal to fight, subjugate, and conquer “those rising against the Catholic faith and struggling to extinguish Christian Religion”— namely, the "Saracens and pagans" in a militarily disputed African territory.
Pope Nicholas V (Latin: Nicolaus V; Italian: Niccolò V; 15 November 1397 ... By dealing with local African chieftains and Muslim slave traders, the Portuguese sought ...
Earlier Papal bulls, such as Pope Nicholas V's Dum Diversas (1452) and Romanus Pontifex (1454) were used to justify enslavement during this era. [5] An early shipment of Black Africans during the transatlantic slave trade was initiated at the request of Bishop Las Casas and authorized by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor in 1517. [2]
Romanus Pontifex (from Latin: "The Roman Pontiff") is the title of at least three papal bulls: . One issued in 1436 by Pope Eugenius IV; [citation needed]; A second issued 21 September 1451 bull by Pope Nicholas V, relieving the dukes of Austria from any potential ecclesiastical censure for permitting Jews to dwell there.
In 1839 Pope Gregory XVI condemned the slave trade in In supremo apostolatus. [130] In the 1850 Bull of Canonization of Peter Claver, one of the most illustrious adversaries of slavery, Pope Pius IX branded the "supreme villainy" (summum nefas) of the slave traders. [131] And in 1888 Pope Leo XIII condemned slavery in In plurimis. [132] Roman ...
When Islam presented a serious military threat to Italy and Central Europe during the mid-15th century, Pope Nicholas V tried to unite Christendom against them but failed. He then granted Portugal the right to subdue and even enslave Muslims, pagans and other unbelievers in the papal bull Dum Diversas (1452). [14]
Prince Infante D. Henrique began selling African slaves in Lagos in 1444. In 1455, Pope Nicholas V gave Portugal the rights to continue the slave trade in West Africa, under the provision that they convert all people who are enslaved. The Portuguese soon expanded their trade along the whole west coast of Africa.
(Later there will be a dramatic reversal when, in 1537, the bull Sublimis Deus of Pope Paul III forbids the enslavement of non-Christians.) February 23 – The Gutenberg Bible is the first book printed with movable type. [1] April 8 – Pope Calixtus III succeeds Pope Nicholas V, as the 209th pope. Spring – The Wars of the Roses begin in England.