http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2010/04/24/when-children-became-people/ Mike Aquilina's Blog Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:36:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2010/04/24/when-children-became-people/comment-page-1/#comment-1866439 Carl Sommer Sun, 25 Apr 2010 03:09:48 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/?p=2465#comment-1866439 This is an important topic. In the Roman world, girls, handicapped babies, etc. were routinely left out to die. The ending of this practice, and the establishment of legal and moral protections for children, is a major accomplishment of the early Church. It is no concidence that the decline of Christianity in the west has been accompanied by an erosion of those protections. This is an important topic. In the Roman world, girls, handicapped babies, etc. were routinely left out to die. The ending of this practice, and the establishment of legal and moral protections for children, is a major accomplishment of the early Church. It is no concidence that the decline of Christianity in the west has been accompanied by an erosion of those protections.

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