3 ms·
The sin of usery prevented Catholics from banking leaving a void filled by people who didn’t follow Christ. Think about how much we decry banks today. Now plac
by chrisdhoover 4y ago
The sin of usery prevented Catholics from banking leaving a void filled by people who didn’t follow Christ.
Think about how much we decry banks today. Now place yourself in the 14C. Jesus drove out the moneychangers 4 daYs before his crucification, hmm today. The “greatest story ever told” informs people. Moneychangers are bad, moneychangers are Jewish therefore Jews are bad.
- lo_zamoyski 4y agoThis is completely bonkers. Usury isn't condemned because Christ threw the money changers out. Usury is condemned because it is exploitative and because it is theft[0]. IIRC, Jewish bankers weren't even the worst offenders in, say, Renaissance Europe; there were Christian bankers who charged higher interest. One difference, though, is that while Catholics are forbidden from offering usurious loans to anyone, Jews are only forbidden from doing so to other Jews. It is permissible to offer such loans to non-Jews[1]. [0] https://www.newadvent.org/summa/3078.htm https://www.newadvent.org/summa/3078.htm [1] https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/4108763/jewish/Moneylending-and-Jewish-Law.htm https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/4108763/jewis...