rized the ghastly , inhuman and unholy conditions by which the Vatican authorized the unspeakable torture and murder of the Knights Templar .
( 1343 CE ) Pope Clement VI published a bull declaring that in observation of the shortness of human life , he had reduced the Jubilee ’ s span from 100 to 50 years ; and in June 1346 he issued another bizarre bull asserting that he had complete control and , indeed , power over “ future life ” ( heresy of the entire Catholic doctrine ). Additionally in this hubric Papal Bull he affirmed that he “ could order the angels of heaven to liberate from purgatory the souls of any of them who might die on the road to Rome .”
framework for the international trade of slaves establishing a formal license-system giving authority to both territories and numbers of slaves abducted , with a schedule of fees paid to the Roman Catholic Church .
( 1442 ) Pope Felix V issued the Papal Bull Illius Qui endorsing Portugal to engage in slave trade for non-Christians in the Canary Islands , in exchange for fees paid to the Vatican ( per slave successfully delivered alive ). Slave traders did not have to pay royalty fees to the Roman Catholic Church for “ damaged cargo ” when slaves died en route to their destination .
Sealing a “ Doctrine of Discovery ”
( 1452 CE ) Pope Nicholas V issued on 18th of June , to King Alfonso V of Portugal , the Papal Bull Dum Diversas , authorizing the King to diminish Muslims and pagans into perpetual slavery , setting into motion the Portuguese slave trade from West Africa .
The Papal Bulls ’ Conquest with Slave Trade
( 1400 CE ) Pope Benedict XIII decreed in a bull that it is a mortal sin not to leave ( in a will ) at least ten percent of an entire estate to the Roman Catholic Church .
( 1430 CE ) Pope Martin V granted by Papal Bull rights to trade slaves in exchange for fees to King John II of Castile , which pioneered a legal framework for establishing one of the most profitable enterprises of the Roman Catholic Church : international slave trade .
( 1435 CE ) Pope Eugenius IV , deliberately through the Papal Bull ( s ) of Sicut Dudum , established the enterprise of international “ legal ” slave trade ( commencing in Africa ). He created a “ lawful ”
( 1454 CE ) Then , Pope Nicholas V also issued to King Alfonso V , the crucial Papal Bull Romanus Pontifex ( mentioned earlier in this article ). As a follow-up to Dum Diversas , this is an example of the Papacy ’ s claim to supreme lordship of the whole world , as it declared war against all non- Christians everywhere , explicitly sanctioning and promoting the conquest , colonization , and exploitation of non-Christian nations and their territories during an Age of Discovery .
In numerous creeds articulated during and after the Crusades , non-Christians were considered enemies of the Catholic faith and therefore , less than human . Accordingly in this decree , Pope Nicholas V directed King Alfonso to “... capture , vanquish , and subdue the Saracens , pagans , and other enemies of Christ ,” to “ put them into perpetual slavery ,” and “ to take all their possessions and property .”
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