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Manumissio in ecclesia

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Author(s): Harrill, J. Albert
Among Constantine’s broad legal and institutional reforms, manumissio in ecclesia (“manumission in the church”) named a new public act to release a person legally from slavery and into full Roman citizenship. The enfranchisement took the form of solemn rites performed by the owner in a church before the witnesses of its congregation and presided over by clergy (priests, the bishop; Priest/Presbyter; Bishop [Episcopos]), empowered like civil magistrates to become the legal guarantors.Antecedents Manumissio in ecclesia had several classical models. Religious temples, o…
Date: 2024-01-19