Reforming the Morality of Usury: A Study of the Differences that Separated the Protestant ReformersIn the early years of the sixteenth century, the Church experienced a dramatic shift in its moral perception of the practice of usury. Leaders of the continental Protestant Reformation (Lutheran, Calvinist, and Anabaptist) all grappled with the Roman Catholic Church's moral teaching on the practice of lending money at interest. Although these three theological streams addressed the same moral problem, at relatively the same time, they each responded differently. Reforming the Morality of Usury examines how the leaders of each major stream in the continental Protestant Reformation adopted a different approach to reforming moral teaching on the practice of usury. |
Contents
Introduction The Pivot Point for a Key Moral Doctrine | 1 |
The Moral Doctrine of Usury | 3 |
Thesis | 6 |
Relevancy for the Modern Church and Contemporary Christian Ethics | 7 |
The Doctrine of Usury Prior to the Protestant Reformation | 17 |
The Pillars of the Ecclesiastical Prohibition of Usury | 18 |
GrecoRoman Thought on the Morality of Usury | 22 |
Aristotle | 23 |
John Calvins Approach to Reforming the Morality of Usury | 71 |
Calvins View of ChurchCulture Relations | 73 |
Calvins Ethics of Usury | 78 |
Calvins Prohibition of Usury | 79 |
Calvins Allowance of Usury | 81 |
Calvin and the Philosophical Argument Against Usury | 82 |
Calvin and the Scriptural Argument Against Usury | 84 |
Summary | 87 |
Early Christian Thought on the Morality of Usury | 25 |
Church Councils | 30 |
The Shift in Moral Thought Concerning Usury | 34 |
Martin Luthers Approach to Reforming the Morality of Usury | 45 |
Luthers View of ChurchCulture Relations | 46 |
Luthers Early View of ChurchCulture Relations | 48 |
Luthers Later View of ChurchCulture Relations | 49 |
Luthers Ethics of Usury | 51 |
Luthers Early Ethics of Usury | 52 |
Luthers Later Ethics of Usury | 55 |
Summary | 60 |
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