Monsignor C. Cameloni: Annotations

Whenever this blog speaks about BDSM and slavery in positive terms, it always means the modern consensual form, with safe play and sane players and not the inhumane and abusive practices from the past or that we still find in some rooms in the basement of the House of Peace.
We speak about Masters as masculine and slaves as feminine or masculine. This is not meant sexist or discriminating but a natural outflow from the historical context of the topic. Of course, both Masters as slaves can be adults from either gender, sex or sexual orientation or preference. For Masters we use him/his, for slaves we use it or hir.
Written from the view of the Master teacher, it seems that most attention in this blog goes to the duties of the slave. But as the Master concept is an idealized one, it will be the task of each real Master to be a good Master, who is worthy of the praise by his slaves. The true Master is not the one with the biggest label, but the one that works relentlessly to become an even better Master; such a person, is a person in progress, evolving according to his call. In this sense, a Master is as much being shaped by his slaves, as the other way around.
Monsignor C. Cameloni (64, vanilla), is a fictive person, a character from one of the novels about Sir Cameron. In a way, he is his author's voice.
Monsignor C. Cameloni respects freedom of religion, but also freedom of speech. This blog is not meant to ridicule or trash more conservative views on how to interpret the meaning of sacred texts.
Like most modern scholars in the field of the texts of early Christianity, Monsignor C. Cameloni does not regard the Scriptures as inspired by a divine source of origin, but sees them solely as a product of men's own striving.
As a culturally relevant part of Western history, Monsignor C. Cameloni examines the scope of the scriptural concept of slavery with regard to BDSM. By doing so Monsignor C. Cameloni wishes to find out what we can learn about the meaning of historical utterances for actual practice.
By taking the text, its authors, its message, its history and its relevance serious, Monsignor C. Cameloni wishes to confirm its importance for its part in founding Western society and its ethical development.
By regarding the early Christian texts as a message from persons in the far away past, Monsignor C. Cameloni thinks that we treat the documents for what they are: texts that express the convictions of their time.
For those who think these text go beyond the scope we use here, please take no offence, as while Monsignor C. Cameloni does not share this view, Monsignor C. Cameloni's remarks are thus not directed against that view. Whoever attributes whatever presuppositions to a text does this for a reason. Whether or not this reason is valid, is not the subject of this blog.
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As any blog, this are just thoughts. Monsignor C. Cameloni hopes you find them as inspiring as Monsignor C. Cameloni does.