Spanking did not come from the Bible, but from Constantine. In the 3rd Century, Constantine decided to make Rome a Christian nation. The Romans then proselytized Christianity by appealing to the customs of Roman and Greek pagans, whose legal systems allowed for "reasonable chastisement" of children, and which such abuse was customary.
Spanking did not come in through our religious systems, but our legal system, mixed with tradition. We are talking the English common law, meaning in order to pass a ban on spanking, that wicked defense would not only have to be removed, but that removal specifically cited in an amendment stating that the previous "defense" was deleted.
The English common law has a mixture of Christian and pagan elements in terms of origin, with "proper spanking" being a pagan tradition, particularly with young girls to punish unchaste behavior by Roman standards. Roman rule of home, by men, was based on the concept of patrias potestas which is the source of the "reasonable chastisement" defense - it was that a man had the right to a wife and family, and over a wife and family.
The English common law is based in Roman law, including the "reasonable chastisement" defenses. There long was one for wives as well. All of this due to Catholic infiltration of God's Church.
I don't hate the Catholic Church, and I have good family members who are Catholic. However, the true history of spanking and punishment of children need to be know.
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