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2020/9/6
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Undeceptions with John Dickson

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John Dixon: 本期节目讲述了公元400年代早期基督教徒在北非Hippo Regius对抗奴隶贸易的行动。当时罗马帝国衰落,奴隶贸易猖獗,许多人被绑架或欺骗性地卖为奴隶。教会最初尝试用资金赎回奴隶,但由于资金有限,在主教奥古斯丁的默许下,教会成员采取了更激进的行动,直接袭击奴隶船和拘留所,解放了大约120名奴隶。这一行动虽然是非法的,但体现了早期基督徒对抗奴隶制的决心。节目最后,John Dixon 呼吁现代人反思自身在对抗现代奴隶制中的作为。 John Dixon: 节目详细描述了当时奴隶贸易的残酷行径,例如妇女被诱骗为奴,甚至教会的佃农也出卖自己的妻子为奴。这些事件凸显了当时社会奴隶制的普遍性和严重性。教会的行动,虽然规模有限,但代表了一种反抗奴隶制的尝试,也展现了教会成员的勇气和奉献精神。奥古斯丁主教虽然并非废奴主义者,但他默许并支持了这一行动,也体现了他对社会问题的关注。节目最后,John Dixon 将古代基督徒的行动与现代奴隶制问题联系起来,引发人们对自身责任的思考。

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In the early 400s AD, the city of Hippo Regius in North Africa became a hub for slave traders who kidnapped and sold men, women, and children. The situation escalated to the point where even family members were selling each other to traders for quick cash.

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St. Augustine was the Bishop of Hippo and the leader of the Christian church in a city that had become a hub in the ancient world's slave trade.

He led his followers in an ambitious buy-back program for those captured by unscrupulous traders. But when church funds failed, these meek and mild believers didn't hold back from carrying out dangerous slave raids.

Join John Dickson as he takes us through a first hand account of what early Christians risked to save less fortunate men and women.