Sentences with phrase «condemn usury»
But by what principle did the Church condemn usury?
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The Bible condemns usury and dishonest weights and measures.
defending when they condemned usury.
Not exact matches
Zmirak defines usury as any «lending at interest,» and points out that it was condemned for centuries by popes and councils (which he names).
Pope Benedict XVI in his commentary on the Psalms on Nov. 2, 2005 condemned «the shame of usury, which destroys the lives of the poor.
The Church's doctrine on usury is, like the practice it condemns, largely unfruitful.
Yet one issue comes up again and again, the case of usury, that teaching of the Church (for at least 1500 years) which condemned the taking of interest on loans as a sin.
More or less «The Rich» especially the predatory rich ($ from taking from others, USURY) are already condemned...