CHAPTER XIX.

DOCTRINES OF ST. AUGUSTIN AND ST. THOMAS OF AQUIN ON THE SUBJECT OF SLAVERY--RECAPITULATION.

Doctrine of St. Augustin on this subject--Importance of this doctrine with respect to the abolition of slavery--Refutation of M. Guizot--Doctrine of St. Thomas on the same subject--Marriage of slaves--Regulation of canon law on that subject--Résumé of the means employed by the Church in the abolition of slavery--Refutation of M. Guizot--The abolition of slavery exclusively due to Catholicity--Protestantism had no share therein, 111