That's some fairly fine hair-splitting - but considering the source is a papal bull, perhaps that is appropriate.
iirc, Fr. Bartolome de las Casas' core argument was pretty simple: there was no previous church doctrine supporting the idea that non-Christians were sub-human and incapable of salvation.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bartolome-de-Las-Casas/Adviser-to-Charles-V
de las Casas apparently studied this when developing his stance against the enslavement/destruction of indigenous tribes:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ecclesiasticus
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That's some fairly fine hair-splitting - but considering the source is a papal bull, perhaps that is appropriate.
iirc, Fr. Bartolome de las Casas' core argument was pretty simple: there was no previous church doctrine supporting the idea that non-Christians were sub-human and incapable of salvation.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bartolome-de-Las-Casas/Adviser-to-Charles-V
de las Casas apparently studied this when developing his stance against the enslavement/destruction of indigenous tribes:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ecclesiasticus