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Joseph BEFE ATEBA Etienne UNG’EYOWUN Fr. Hubert Martin Fr. Felicien MWANAMA
Bishop of Kribi Bishop of Bondo, SATONABOUA Assistant Secretary
Cameroon Democratic Republic Vicar of Thetford Episcopal Conference
of Congo Mines, QC, Canada of Dem. Rep. of Congo

Lesson 7: The history of banking control theme for a synod; others promised to use their moral
in the United States authority so that the information will reach the people;
The history of the USA comes down to the battle one economist was amazed to never have heard these
analogical teachings during his academic studies and
between the voracious bankers and those fighting to proposed (in order to attain a larger audience), that the
save the sovereign power of the government to create Pilgrims of St. Michael create a movie. Another stated
money. These bankers wished to install a fraudulent the necessity to educate the people “en masse” in Af-
system of debt-money, of dishonest money to the detri- rica and to translate the book, Economic democracy ex-
ment of an honest money system freed from the con- plained in 10 Lessons in the light of the Social Doctrine
trol of the financiers; this system that should remain the of the Church, into the African languages. What would
work of the government. be even better, would be to introduce this theme into
This history of this battle in the United States attest the schools.
to the courage and perspicuity of certain people who The ultimate goal of the financiers is a
distinguished themselves in the battle against the in-
iquitous system of the bankers: most notably, Benjamin world government with a global currency
Franklin, Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln. The The bankers have a diabolical project to impose their
Constitution of the United States of America in 1787 will on others. How? They proceed with a debt-money
states in Article 1, Section, Paragraph 5 that the right to system, using money that does not exist and that causes
regulate and create money belongs to Congress. unpayable debts. They create crises and revolutions, so-
cial friction in which they can intervene to impose their
solution and attain their objective: to rise up a one world
government with a global currency. That will sound the
death-toll of the sovereign states.
The shrewdness and accuracy of the foresight
shown by John Paul II in Sollicitudo Rei Socialis were
indisputable. He underlined how the desire for profit and
thirst for power, the self-imposition of will on others are
elements of the structures of sin. The Pope invites us to
give of ourselves, to do apostolate work for the good of
others.
Benjamin Franklin, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln Lessons 9-10: Social Credit and the Social
In this story, we can see that the battle was very tough. Doctrine of the Church
Obtaining the complete monopoly of control of credit in
the US is linked to the ignorance of the population on the The question of the dignity of man and his destiny
issue of currency, of its nature, credit and circulation. It is not unknown to the solicitude of the Church. Through
is obvious that in order to destroy this iniquitous system; her social teachings, the Church wishes to impregnate
the people must be educated and formed. The strength society with the Gospel. To this end, the Church makes
and victory is found then in formation, in order to create a call to the lay faithful to bring the Gospel into the tem-
an informed and organized public opinion. poral order and work to renew the earth so that it may
During these exchanges, the participants were as- correspond to the Gospel.
tonished that this state of affairs continues to our day. Social Credit as promoted by Louis Even is inscribed
The most revolting aspect, they realized, is this intermin- in this effort. It employs us to rigorously respect the four
able debt that was paid many times over by the poor basic principles of the social doctrine of the Church. Let
countries in Africa. Certain people among the group ex- us re-read them: the absolute respect and primacy of
pressed the wish to see that Social Credit become the the human person; the common good; subsidiarity and

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