Protestantism and Catholicity compared in their effects on the civilization of Europe
CHAPTER XVII.
MEANS USED BY THE CHURCH TO ENFRANCHISE SLAVES.
1st. She zealously defends the liberty of the enfranchised--Manumission in the churches--Effects of this practice--2d. Redemption of captives--Zeal of the Church in practising and extending the redemption of captives--Prejudices of the Romans on this point--The zeal of the Church for this object contributes, in an extraordinary degree, to the abolition of slavery--The Church protects the liberty of the free, 102