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On Usury And Other Dishonest Profit
http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Ben14/b14vixpe.htm
usury |ˈyoō zh (ə)rē|
noun
the illegal action or practice of lending money at unreasonably high rates of interest.
Pope Benedict XIV November 1, 1745
(Church condemned usurious lending practices.)
"One cannot condone the sin of
"Should any one think like this (approve of usury), he will oppose not only the judgment of the Catholic Church on , but also common human sense and natural reason."
"First of all, show your people with persuasive words that the sin and vice of is most emphatically condemned in the Sacred Scriptures"
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