So I posted about the tendency within Catholicism to emphasize obedience to the Church. \u00a0Obedience beyond what most traditions tend to emphasize. \u00a0
That post was here<\/a>. \u00a0But check out the discussion between two guests. \u00a0It takes on the issue of Usury, one I admit I don\u2019t grasp that well. \u00a0I know if it mostly from studies in Medieval History. \u00a0Haven\u2019t really thought about it otherwise, or at least not in its spiritual ramifications. \u00a0Anyway, the subject is beyond me, so read some back and forth between two individual inefficiently more schooled in the subject than I am. \u00a0For me, it\u2019s like Fay Wray watching Kong fight the T-Rex. \u00a0Just hold onto the tree and wonder. \u00a0<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"So I posted about the tendency within Catholicism to emphasize obedience to the Church. \u00a0Obedience beyond what most traditions tend to emphasize. \u00a0That post was here. \u00a0But check out the discussion between two guests. \u00a0It takes on the issue of Usury, one I admit I don\u2019t grasp that well. \u00a0I know if it mostly from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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