Specifically did he bless those slave traders on "The Good Ship Jesus?"
2007-01-22 06:04:51 · 8 answers · asked by SONOFPHAROAH 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The early popes probably did in keeping with the teaching of the Scriptures.
The Bible, including the teaching of Jesus and the Apostles, does not condemn slavery. Colossians 3:22 even states, "Slaves, obey your human masters in everything."
This was much debated before and during the US Civil War by Protestants.
The Catholic Church however was one of the first groups in the world to condemn slavery.
The condemnation of slavery is one of those nonbiblical doctrines that Catholics have developed through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit over the centuries. Catholics call this Apostolic Tradition.
+ In 1462, Pius II declared slavery to be "a great crime" (magnum scelus)
+ In 1537, Paul III forbade the enslavement of the Indians.
+ Urban VIII forbade it in 1639.
+ Benedict XIV forbade it in 1741.
+ Pius VII demanded of the Congress of Vienna, in 1815, the suppression of the slave trade.
+ Gregory XVI condemned it in 1839.
+ In the Bull of Canonization of the Jesuit Peter Claver, one of the most illustrious adversaries of slavery, Pius IX branded the "supreme villainy" (summum nefas) of the slave traders.
+ Leo XIII, in 1888, addressed a letter to the Brazilian bishops, exhorting them to banish from their country the remnants of slavery -- a letter to which the bishops responded with their most energetic efforts, and some generous slave-owners by freeing their slaves in a body, as in the first ages of the Church.
With love in Christ.
2007-01-22 17:35:46 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you refering to U.S. slavery? Or Persian, Egyptian, Turkish, Chinese, Japanese, Mongolian, African, Mayan, slavery?
Or maybe you're talking about the slavery that STILL CONTINUES TODAY in African contries?
No, I don't think the Pope condones that. Maybe you should write to those African countries that condone slavery today and ask them if they have a "Good Ship Jesus"?
2007-01-22 14:09:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't know about the specific ship, but most white-ish folk in the world thought it was OK at some point. Even Jesus doesn't codemn it. Our thinking about the issue has changed -- at least in this part of the world.
2007-01-22 14:11:48 · answer #3 · answered by Love Shepherd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Firstly, if you are REALLY interested in this issue, get a book called "The Popes and Slavery". Secondly, Hawkins wasn't even Catholic.
2007-01-22 14:27:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure. Slavery was 'normal' back then.
2007-01-22 14:09:36 · answer #5 · answered by Thinking 'bout it 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably -- he and the church sure condoned (with their silence) everything that Hitler was doing to people. so, i'd not be surprised to find that the pope condoned slavery, too. the bible condones it!
2007-01-22 14:07:54 · answer #6 · answered by jen1981everett 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
i know that the catholic church made a pact with the nazi's , you leave us alone and we will leave you alone.......
2007-01-22 14:11:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I should say not.
2007-01-22 14:08:08 · answer #8 · answered by The Pope 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋