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  2. The Bible and slavery - Wikipedia

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    In Romans 1:1, Paul calls himself "a slave of Christ Jesus" and later in Romans 6:18, Paul writes "You have been set free from sin and become slaves to righteousness." [101] [102] Also in Galatians, Paul writes on the nature of slavery within the kingdom of God. Galatians 3:28 states: "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor ...

  3. 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 ...

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

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    The Select Parts of the Holy Bible for the use of the Negro Slaves in the British West-India Islands, sometimes referred to as the slave bible, is an abbreviated version of the Bible specifically made for teaching a pro-slavery version of Christianity to enslaved people in the British West Indies.

  5. Christian views on slavery - Wikipedia

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    Saint Augustine described slavery as being against God's intention and resulting from sin. [1] In the eighteenth century the abolition movement took shape among Christians across the globe. In the eighteenth and nineteenth century debates concerning abolition , passages in the Bible were used by both pro-slavery advocates and abolitionists to ...

  6. Catholic Church and slavery - Wikipedia

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    Slaves, captured in war or purchased, and their children were enslaved for life. [1] After Christianity was legalized under the Roman empire, sentiment grew that many kinds of slavery were incompatible with Christian justice. Views ranged from rejecting all forms of slavery to accepting slavery subject to certain restrictions (Thomas Aquinas ...

  7. Numbers 31 - Wikipedia

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    They also generally agree that Numbers 25:1–5 contains an earlier version of the story involving the women of Moab, for which the Israelite chiefs are punished by the judges. This earlier version was later augmented by the account in Numbers 25:6–18 with the Midianite women and Phinehas' priesthood as their new focus, perhaps using elements ...

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    Enjoy a classic game of Hearts and watch out for the Queen of Spades!

  9. Predestination in Calvinism - Wikipedia

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    Rather, God must first free the individual from his enslavement to sin to a greater degree than in Arminianism, and then the regenerated heart naturally chooses the good. This work by God is sometimes called irresistible , in the sense that grace enables a person to freely cooperate, being set free from the desire to do the opposite, so that ...