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Padre Antonio Vieira's Sermons about "slaveries"
Summary: Padre Antonio Vieira tried to find a compromise between the settlers and the slaves and reflected a Biblical image on the sinners of the New World during his two sermons in Bahia and Sao Luis do Maranhao. Vieira's descriptions of the order in the New World are very disturbing, because he compares them to a living Hell by giving crucial examples from the Bible.
Padre Antonio Vieira became a missionary priest and returned to Brazil in 1652, with very complex messages about slavery. His teachings could be interpreted as being against the Christian religion, but they raised a lot of questions about the slavery of the New World and whether or not the God's name was being used in vain. During his two sermons in Bahia and Sao Luis do Maranhao, he used his own beliefs of universal church to convert non-Christians to the faith. He uses the Bible, as his reference and his faith in God, as his guide to show that the settlers should treat the natives fairly and humanly. Vieira insisted on two main slaveries, that of the body and soul, and emphasizes that there is no forgiveness for selling your soul. Most of his teachings contradicted the Church and as a result, he was later expelled by the colonists...
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