Anticapitalism and the Church

[fish90]

I know that Spain’s economy suffered greatly because usury was banned. At the same time, Protestant countries had flourishing economies because they allowed usury. Because capitalism uses a lot of ideas from the Enlightenment and capitalism worked better for the Protestant countries of Europe, is it safe to say capitalism is Protestant?

But then, I believe there was another poster on another thread that said the Cistercians started the foundations of capitalism.

I question this because I was watching Beck and there was a reporter that said Catholics really did not like capitalism.

I have a good holding explaining the Crusades and the Inquisition, but I would like more talking points for this issue.

God Bless

 

[Eucharisted]

Reporters sometimes like to make things up, and other times they get their facts wrong.

 

[diggerdomer]

I know that Spain’s economy suffered greatly because usury was banned. At the same time, Protestant countries had flourishing economies because they allowed usury. Because capitalism uses a lot of ideas from the Enlightenment and capitalism worked better for the Protestant countries of Europe, is it safe to say capitalism is Protestant?

But then, I believe there was another poster on another thread that said the Cistercians started the foundations of capitalism.

I question this because I was watching Beck and there was a reporter that said Catholics really did not like capitalism.

I have a good holding explaining the Crusades and the Inquisition, but I would like more talking points for this issue.

God Bless

Capitalism is neither Catholic nor Protestant. The Catholic Church neither endorses nor rejects capitalism in and of itself.