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> [Although it has been fashionable to deny it, anti-slavery doctrines began to appear in Christian theology soon after the decline of Rome and were accompanied by the eventual disappearance of slavery in all but the fringes of Christian Europe. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-stark/although-it-has-been-fashionable-to-deny-it-anti-slavery-doctrines/)

[Rodney Stark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-stark/)

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