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The source is Gregory's Homily 4 on Ecclesiastes. The full section is well worth a read (only 2 or 3 pages long). It is stirring stuff. Different English translations are available on the web at https://www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2019/01/24/a-fuller-extract-from-gregory-of-nyssa-on-the-evils-of-slavery/ and at https://earlychurchtexts.com/public/gregoryofnyss_ecclesiastes_slavery.htm

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Thank you, the essay is revelatory, insightful.

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