Reforming the Morality of Usury A Study of

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.

David W. Jones is currently serving as Assistant Professor of Christian Ethics at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (Wake Forest, North Carolina).

FOREWORD

vii

PREFACE

ix

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

xi

ABBREVIATIONS

xiii

1. INTRODUCTION: THE PIVOT POINT FOR A KEY MORAL DOCTRINE

1

(16)

The Moral Doctrine of Usury

3

(3)

Thesis

6

(1)

Relevancy for the Modern Church and Contemporary Christian Ethics

7

(10)

2. THE DOCTRINE OF USURY PRIOR TO THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION

17

(28)

The Pillars of the Ecclesiastical Prohibition of Usury

18

(16)

The Scriptural Pillar: Hebrew thought on the Morality of Usury

18

(4)

The Philosophical Pillar: Greco-Roman Thought on the Morality of Usury

22

(3)

Plato

22

(1)

Aristotle

23

(2)

The Historical Pillar: Early Christian Thought on the Morality of Usury

25

(21)

Church Fathers

25

(5)

Church Councils

30

(4)

The Shift in Moral Thought Concerning Usury

34

(11)

3. MARTIN LUTHER'S APPROACH TO REFORMING THE MORALITY OF USURY

45

(26)

Luther's View of Church/Culture Relations

46

(5)

Luther's Early View of Church/Culture Relations

48

(1)

Luther's Later View of Church/Culture Relations

49

(2)

Luther's Ethics of Usury

51

(9)

Luther's Early Ethics of Usury

52

(3)

Luther's Later Ethics of Usury

55

(5)

Summary

60

(11)

4. JOHN CALVIN'S APPROACH TO REFORMING THE MORALITY OF USURY

71

(28)

Calvin's View of Church/Culture Relations

73

(5)

Calvin's Ethics of Usury

78

(9)

Calvin's Prohibition of Usury

79

(2)

Calvin's Allowance of Usury

81

(1)

Calvin and the Historical Argument Against Usury

81

(1)

Calvin and the Philosophical Argument Against Usury

82

(2)

Calvin and the Scriptural Argument Against Usury

84

(3)

Summary

87

(12)

5. THE ANABAPTISTS' APPROACH TO REFORMING THE MORALITY OF USURY

99

(26)

The Anabaptists' View of Church/Culture Relations

101

(5)

The Anabaptists' Ethics of Usury

106

(4)

Summary

110

(15)

6. CONCLUSION: REVIEW, ANALYSIS, AND APPLICATION

125

(16)

Analysis

129

(5)

Application

134

(7)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

141

(18)

INDEX

159

(6)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

165

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