If man is in the likeness of God, and rules the whole earth, andHistorians have searched in vain for a predecessor to Gregory, so I guess we will have to take Gregory's word for it. He must have gotten this from the Bible.
has been granted authority over everything on earth from God,
who is his buyer, tell me? Who is his seller? To God alone belongs
this power; or rather, not even to God himself. For his gracious
gifts, it says, are irrevocable (Romans 11:29). God would not therefore
reduce the human race to slavery, since he himself, when we
had been enslaved to sin, spontaneously recalled us to freedom.
But if God does not enslave what is free, who is he that sets his
own power above God’s?
"In him all things hold together" (Colossians 1:17).
Friday, January 27, 2012
The Start of Abolition
The abolition of slavery as an institution didn't begin with William Wilberforce in the early 19th century, but with Gregory of Nyssa's Easter sermon in 379:
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Please forgive the OT comment. I want to thank you immensely for your lucid and enjoyable recording of the initial chapters of Chesterton's _The Ball and the Cross_ available through Librivox. Deeply, deeply grateful to you.
You are most welcome. It was a pleasure! Thanks for listening.
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