Dum Diversas - Papal Bull 1452

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Lately, it seems I am being put on the defensive - more than usual - concerning Catholic history.

The latest concerns Papal Bulls in general and Dum Diversas(1452) in particular. The challenge is in two parts:
  1. How does the Catholic Church reconcile Papal Infallibility and the issuing of Papal Bulls as some Bulls touch on Faith and Morals and yet have been rejected by subsequent popes or have been found to be anti-semitic?
  2. Dum Diversas, as the example that has been presented, practically demanded slavery for pagans, Moors, and Jews.
How is it best to answer such a query as these respondents believe that the Reformation changed doctrine, not just custom and practice, represented by some Papal Bulls?
 
I couldn’t find a text so I’m only working on what little I know from online sources, but it seems to me that this papal bull is a response to the Saracen threat. The Saracens were a Muslim race that enslaved Christians and threatened the security of Christendom. The Pope here probably meant “perpetual slavery” to be linked to a kind of POW servitude? All slavery is not equal; the Church has always condemned chattel slavery, but not all kinds of slavery, such as indentured servitude and prison labor, are considered immoral.
 
tzarno1 said:
Lately, it seems I am being put on the defensive - more than usual - concerning Catholic history.

The latest concerns Papal Bulls in general and Dum Diversas(1452) in particular. The challenge is in two parts:
  1. How does the Catholic Church reconcile Papal Infallibility and the issuing of Papal Bulls as some Bulls touch on Faith and Morals and yet have been rejected by subsequent popes or have been found to be anti-semitic?
  2. Dum Diversas, as the example that has been presented, practically demanded slavery for pagans, Moors, and Jews.
How is it best to answer such a query as these respondents believe that the Reformation changed doctrine, not just custom and practice, represented by some Papal Bulls?
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As Dum Diversas is your source document can you provide us the link to the full text which you have so we can read it.
 
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