Churches in America

Date Submitted: 07/03/2004 21:09:23
Category: / Society & Culture / Religion
Length: 2 pages (529 words)
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…sources of this wealth were legacies and other gifts from rich donors. For a rich man not to provide for the church in his will was a matter of scandal. A common procedure used to endow churches, convents and other religious institutions was to assume a mortgage( censo) on the landowners estate for a fixed amount where he/she agreed to pay the beneficiary an annual interest of five percent. Bibliography people of the sun
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