"33 AD, Jesus traveled to the city of Jerusalem for the Jewish ceremony of Passover. There were thousands of pilgrims from around the world and the temple provided services for them to change their foreign money or buy animals to sacrifice. Jesus was furious. He believed that trade like this corrupted the holy site. According to the Gospel of St John, he wrecked the stalls of the moneylenders and drove them all out of the temple. "
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mk
in reply to mk • • •what is usury?
"practice of making loans that are seen as unfairly enriching the lender[..]taking advantage of others' misfortunes[..]ancient Christian, Jewish, and Islamic societies, usury meant the charging of interest of any kind, and was considered wrong, or was made illegal[..]Catholic Church in medieval Europe[..]regarded the charging of interest at any rate as sinful"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usury
unethical practice of originating a loan with an unreasonably high interest rate
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