Usury - A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View

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Definition
The Law by Moses
Usury and "The Stranger"
David and Solomon
Denunciation of Jeremiah and Ezekiel
Financial Reform by Nehemiah
Teachings of the Master
Parables of the Talents and the Pounds
Practice of the disciples
Church history
Calvin's letter on usury
Permanency of the prohibition
Our changed conditions
The American Revision
Duty learned from two sources
Rights of man over things
Equal rights of men
A false basal principle
The true ethical principle
Wealth is barren
Wealth decays
The debt habit
The borrower is servant to the lender
Usury enslaves the borrower
Usury oppresses the poor
Usury centralizes wealth
Mammon dominates the nations
Effect on character
Ax at the root of the tree
Per contra; Christian Apologists
Per contra; Land Rentals
Per contra; Political Economists
Usury in History
Francis Bacon
Why this truth was neglected
Crushed truth will rise again