Ignatius, Ad Polycarp. 4.3 and the Corporate Manumission of Christian Slaves
This study exegetes the passage in the second-century letter of the bishop Ignatius of Antioch to his fellow bishop Polycarp in Smyrna that concerns the liberation of baptized slaves. It argues that Ignatius does not prohibit private manumissions of Christian slaves by individual slaveowners in gene...
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Johns Hopkins Univ. Press
1993
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Journal of early Christian studies
Year: 1993, Volume: 1, Issue: 2, Pages: 107-142 |
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