Sermon 36
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Augustine's sermons collect his preaching on pastoral, moral, and theological issues facing the early Church; Sermon 36 includes a forceful critique of exploitative lending.
Augustine frames the usurer as morally culpable for extracting profit from the poor, urging Christian compassion and justice.
His pastoral rhetoric influenced subsequent Christian condemnation of predatory interest-taking.
The sermon reflects the patristic emphasis on charity and protecting vulnerable members of the community.
Augustine's broader corpus shaped medieval and later Christian ethics on economic conduct and social responsibility.
Augustine frames the usurer as morally culpable for extracting profit from the poor, urging Christian compassion and justice.
His pastoral rhetoric influenced subsequent Christian condemnation of predatory interest-taking.
The sermon reflects the patristic emphasis on charity and protecting vulnerable members of the community.
Augustine's broader corpus shaped medieval and later Christian ethics on economic conduct and social responsibility.
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Josiah Stowe
Is USURY A Sin? The History & Theology Of Usury/Money Lending w/ Josiah Stowe
