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Exhortation to the Clergy to Preach Against Exploitive Interest (Usury)
By Martin Luther and Michael Grzonka
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Martin Luther is known for inspiring the German Protestant Reformation in 1517 and giving birth to Protestantism. Beyond mere theology, Luther also frequently wrote about the economic conditions in which he lived, often criticizing the conditions the budding medieval money economy created for his less-fortunate contemporaries. This Exhortation of 1540 confirms Luther's keen understanding of the interplay between economic choice and its necessities far exceeding the limited grasp of the economy many will admit for a "mere monk".
In reaction to an inactive government, Luther urges clergy to confront lenders taking exploitive interest rates on loans (the usurers). Should these "devils in human shape" refuse to repent, Luther urges pastors to practically excommunicate unrepentant usurers.
Luther's pastoral view on economy strikes us moderns as utterly naïve and out of touch with experience and present reality. But arguably this is precisely what's missing from our contemporary discourse of a more just economy.
In reaction to an inactive government, Luther urges clergy to confront lenders taking exploitive interest rates on loans (the usurers). Should these "devils in human shape" refuse to repent, Luther urges pastors to practically excommunicate unrepentant usurers.
Luther's pastoral view on economy strikes us moderns as utterly naïve and out of touch with experience and present reality. But arguably this is precisely what's missing from our contemporary discourse of a more just economy.
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Martin Luther (1483–1546) was a German theologian and one of the most influential figures in the Protestant Reformation. Some of Luther’s best-known works are the Ninety-Five Theses, “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God,” and his translation of the Bible into German.
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