And yet, the Empress was the Voice of God incarnate, able to supercede prior Scripture with the (even tacit) approval of the Theology Council. Neither the Empress nor the Theology Council offered any qualifiers or limitations on her release of those (now former) slaves from their obligations (plural) to God.
Really? Got evidence to back up this amazingly convenient use of phrasing? We have a public record of the Empress’ declaration. It’s not like I’m making these words up. Can you show you aren’t?