Why Did Christian Theologians Condemn Charging Interest

question 13

Multiple Choice

Why did Christian theologians condemn charging interest?

• A) To do so smacked of Muslim business practices.
• B) They claimed that demons had created money.
• C) Judas Iscariot accepted money to betray Jesus.
• D) Charging interest was like selling time, and only God controlled time.
• E) They wanted to lower payments on loans to build cathedrals.

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