121:3.8 Superior [[slaves]] often received wages and by saving their earnings were able to purchase their [[freedom]]. Many such emancipated [[slaves]] rose to high positions in [[state]], church, and the [[business]] world. And it was just such [[possibilities]] that made the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Christian_Church early Christian church] so [[tolerant]] of this modified form of [[slavery]]. | 121:3.8 Superior [[slaves]] often received wages and by saving their earnings were able to purchase their [[freedom]]. Many such emancipated [[slaves]] rose to high positions in [[state]], church, and the [[business]] world. And it was just such [[possibilities]] that made the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Christian_Church early Christian church] so [[tolerant]] of this modified form of [[slavery]]. |