We Have Got to Talk About Usury: Now in Technicolor!
Our regular guest contributor, the Rev. Vincent Shemwell, recently appeared to discuss usury in the history and life of the church on the popular podcast “On the Line.” Take a look/listen, and you can read in more detail about any of the eras or authors mentioned using the index below. You can also hear an interview on the subject with Rev. Shemwell on the Gottesdienst podcast.
Part I: Introduction
Part II: The Old Testament
Part III: The New Testament
Part IV: The Church Fathers—Clement of Alexandria through Hilary of Poitiers
Part V: The Church Fathers — The Cappadocians
Part VI: The Church Fathers — Church Councils and Ambrose
Part VII: The Church Fathers—Chrysostom through Leo the Great
Part VIII: Medieval Theologians
Part IX: The Medieval Church Continued—Councils, Canon Law, Dante, and Other Matters
Part X: Luther—His First Foray, in Translation
Part XI: The Strauss Affair and Luther’s Long Sermon
Part XII: Luther on Why Pastors Must Preach against Usury
Part XIII: Miscellaneous Mentions by Luther and a Few Misconceptions
Part XIV: After Luther—Spangenberg, Melanchthon, Brenz, Aepinus, Chemnitz, and Selnecker
Part XV: Rhegius, Hunnius, Gerhard, and the Setting of a Bright Sun
Part XVI: The Regensburg Dispute of 1587
Part XVII: C.F.W. Walther and the Nineteenth Century Struggle Against Usury—1838 to 1868
Part XVIII: C.F.W. Walther and the Nineteenth Century Struggle Against Usury—The General Convention of 1869