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Of Usury, from Brant's Stultifera Navis (Ship of Fools), 1494; woodcut attributed to Albrecht Dürer. Usury (/ ˈ j uː ʒ ər i /) [1] [2] is the practice of making loans that are seen as unfairly enriching the lender. The term may be used in a moral sense—condemning taking advantage of others' misfortunes—or in a legal sense, where an ...
Vix pervenit is an encyclical, promulgated by Pope Benedict XIV on November 1, 1745, which condemned the practice of charging interest on loans as usury.Because the encyclical was addressed to the bishops of Italy, it is generally not considered ex cathedra.
The Supreme Court later referred the decision back to the Federal Shariah Court in 2002 for reconsideration. In its judgment, the Federal Shariah Court declared all legal provisions relating to usury from 1 June 2022 to be non-Shari'a, stating that "interest taken in any case, including debt, falls under the category of usury."
Usury by Christians was forbidden at the time by the Catholic Church, but Jews were permitted to act as moneylenders and bankers. That enabled some Jews to amass tremendous wealth, but also earned them enmity, [ 2 ] which added to the increasing antisemitic sentiments of the time, due to widespread indebtedness and financial ruin among the ...
The Usury Act 1660 was an Act of the Parliament of England (12 Cha. 2. c. 13) with the long title "An Act for restraining the taking of Excessive Usury". [1] The purpose of the Act was to reduce the maximum interest rate from 8% (imposed in 1624 by the Usury Act 1623 (21 Jas. 1. c. 17)) to 6%.
Zinskauf ([ˈt͡sɪns.kaʊ̯f], "purchase interest") was a financial instrument, similar to an annuity, that rose to prominence in the Middle Ages. [1] [2] [3] The decline of the Byzantine Empire led to a growth of capital in Europe, [citation needed] so the Catholic Church tolerated zinskauf as a way to avoid prohibitions on usury.
According to the Talmud, the debtor would be as guilty as the lender, since it interprets one of the biblical verbs referring to usury, namely tashshik, [11] to be in the causative voice; [6] due to the Talmud's figurative interpretation of the lifnei iver regulation, it even regards any witnesses to usury contracts, as well as the scribe ...
Stephen Mitford Goodson (1948 - 4 August 2018) was a South African banker, author and politician who was the leader of South Africa's Abolition of Income Tax and Usury Party. He stood as a candidate for the Ubuntu Party in the 2014 General Elections. [1] [2] Goodson has authored a total of 7 books on banking and history.