Charging Interest

The charging of interest is a vile, evil practice which is offensive to the LORD - the God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Jesus Christ.

Prior to the Council of Nicea in 325 AD the church actually forbade Christians to charge interest.

This change at Nicea was made at the insistence of the Emperor Constantine.

Permitting the charging of interest was part of the deal which the church made to become the state religion of the Roman Empire.

It was an immoral and sinful decision by the church