A scriptural, ecclesiastical, and historical View of Slavery; from the days of the Patriarch Abraham, to the 19th Century: Addressed to the R. Rev. Alonzo Potter by John Henry Hopkins

John Henry Hopkins

W. I. Pooley, 1864 - 376 pages

Contents

• INTRODUCTION narrating the facts which led to the publication: 3
• The coming of Christ made no change in Jewish slavery No: 11
• SLAVERY OF CIRCUMSTANCES No man absolutely but only rela: 33
• THE PROTEST of the Bishop and Clergy of Pennsylvania 4243: 42
• ANSWER to the Protest and end of Introduction 4450: 44
• Position of the Author Friendly to peaceable: 51
• Duty of bishops to contend for religious truth: 61
• Hagar and Ishmael Cruden on Jewish slavery: 74
• Objections of the anonymous pamphleteers con: 82
• The historian Gibbon on Roman slavery: 87
• Views of the ancient philosophers on slavery: 97
• Tertullian: 99
• The old fathers continued St Chrysostom Gre: 105
• NOTES 2226 St Augustine: 107
• Council of Toledo: 112
• Examples of slaveholding in the primitive Church: 115
• Commentators Pools Synopsis 123126: 123
• The Commentary of Rev Matthew Henry in per: 136
• The Commentary of Rev Thomas Scott: 142
• The commentary of Rev Adam Clarke: 153
• The Comprehensive Commentary Dr Jenks: 160
• from slavery But the prophecy must have its course till then 172187: 172
• St Augustin: 176
• The commentator Macknight on slavery: 211
• Slavery of freemen Not the subject in con: 248
• Mournful debasement of the English poor from: 284

Bibliographic information

• Title: A scriptural, ecclesiastical, and historical View of Slavery; from the days of the Patriarch Abraham, to the 19th Century: Addressed to the R. Rev. Alonzo Potter by John Henry Hopkins
• Author: John Henry Hopkins
• Publisher: W. I. Pooley, 1864
• Original from: the Bavarian State Library
• Digitized: Feb 8, 2010
• Length: 376 pages