tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5637864682999679595.post7634822703669139233..comments2024-02-13T03:24:07.880-06:00Comments on The Eye-Witness: They stayed, but did they fight?Aged parenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217229048176272954noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5637864682999679595.post-13923555714283242402015-11-03T16:46:10.001-06:002015-11-03T16:46:10.001-06:00I apologize for my simply initial comment on your ...I apologize for my simply initial comment on your wider reflective and thoughtful commentary. This is my initial and 'cynical' comment. This is the continuation of the Rome Reformation. It is a reassertion and confirmation of the Vatican II Reformation 'In Our Time' in the vernacular. The Rubicon is crossed.alynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5637864682999679595.post-72545292669026847982015-11-02T17:17:01.077-06:002015-11-02T17:17:01.077-06:00Thank you for the comment.
There was a fairly liv...Thank you for the comment.<br /><br />There was a fairly lively debate about Mr Hoffman's thesis over at Culture Wars magazine some months ago in the letters to the editor section, between a Church historian who disagreed with the thesis and Mr Hoffman who defended it. It was quite an interesting exchange.<br /><br />Hoffman is, rather surprisingly, quite contemptuous of Hilaire Belloc, and while I don't ascribe the charism of infallibility on Belloc I do think he clearly understands what usury is and isn't. I have not read Hoffman's book but I gather his main point is that the Church no longer enforces its historic view of usury, which I can agree with. Of course, the Church is no longer enforcing much if anything of the unchanging teachings of Christ, at least in some circles, so their ignoring the dangers of usury would not surprise me. I don't know if Mr Hoffman got into the Social Teaching of the Church as promoted by Popes like Leo XIII and Pius XI but if he didn't then he is missing a bit.Aged parenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05217229048176272954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5637864682999679595.post-91470440449216492812015-11-02T14:29:29.982-06:002015-11-02T14:29:29.982-06:00AP, since the subject of Usury was mentioned in yo...AP, since the subject of Usury was mentioned in your fine article I feel emboldened to say that the Church as already altered the previously dogmatically prohibited practice of usury and did so in the early 16th century. This is the conclusion reached by historian Michael Hoffman in his book "Usury in Christendom". The author appears to be on solid historical and theological ground.<br />Gary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com