Early Christian ideology accepted slavery as the norm; it used physical slavery as a metaphor for the slavery of the soul so that everyone could understand and relate to it. This in-depth and academic study of the definition and function of slavery across the early Christian Mediterranean draws on literary, documentary and theological sources.
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Early Christian ideology accepted slavery as the norm; it used physical slavery as a metaphor for the slavery of the soul so that everyone could understand and relate to it. This in-depth and academic study of the definition and function of slavery across the early Christian Mediterranean draws on literary, documentary and theological sources.
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