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Pope Paul III (Topic: the enslavement and evangelization of Indians) To all faithful Christians to whom this writing may come, health in Christ our Lord and the apostolic benediction. The sublime God so loved the human race that He created man in such wise that he might participate, not only in the good that other creatures enjoy, but endowed ...
Sublimis Deus (English: The sublime God; [1] erroneously cited as Sublimus Dei) is a Papal bull promulgated by Pope Paul III on June 2, 1537, which forbids the enslavement of the indigenous peoples of the Americas (called "Indians of the West and the South") and all other indigenous people who could be discovered later or previously known. [2]
Pope Paul III approves the Society of Jesus, c. 1640, by Domingos da Cunha. In May–June 1537 Paul issued the bull Sublimis Deus (also known as Unigenitus and Veritas ipsa ), described by Prein (2008) as the "Magna Carta" for the human rights of the indigenous peoples of the Americas in its declaration that "the Indians were human beings and ...
Paul III: <Sublimis Deus>, 1537. The pontifical decree known as "The Sublime God" has indeed had an exalted role in the cause of social justice in the New World.
Paul III: Sublimis Deus, June 2, 1537 The pontifical decree known as The Sublime God has indeed had an exalted role in the cause of social justice in the New World.
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5 days ago · Unfortunately the practice of slavery did not end. Even though far from being a saint, Pope Paul III in 1537 issued a Bull against slavery, entitled Sublimis Deus, to the universal Church. He...
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Oct 24, 2022 · In response, Pope Paul III issued Sublimis Deus (God is Sublime), which effectively decreed that natives still hold human and property rights even if they refuse to convert to Christianity. The bull was administered by a further bull Pastorale Officium which detailed the punishment for violating Sublimis Deus .
