Nadir - Leo XIII regards it "as wicked and inhuman, and to be detested". We even have in John 15:15 our Lord saying, and I summarize, "I no longer call you servants(slaves) but friends". With that said, I do not believe it will all of a sudden become beneficial if/when applied to the spiritual. In fact, it is likely the opposite occurs. With the schuckardites and the feeneyites, it makes one wonder.