While it may be tempting for those who wish to see church teaching changed to regard them in this way, the answer must be no. Significant also is that in condemning slavery Christians are not disregarding any biblical teaching that approves of it. In terms of historical Christian attitudes to slavery, slavery has never been positively regarded by Christian thinkers but always held to be a product of a fallen world. Nonetheless, Christian peoples have frequently suppressed slavery, especially of fellow Christians, and sometimes abolished it, as England did in 1102. This means the pattern he is wishing to follow is not there, and neither is it endorsed by scripture or church practice.