Preface: As the Catholic Church has already declared that there is no conflict between Social Credit theory and its body of Social teaching and already has at least one of its apostolic movements dedicated to Social Credit policies this is not to be construed as a critique of same, or of any other particular religious organization for that matter. It is to show how seamlessly and complete are the reflections and alignments of Social Credit economic policies with major known historical moments of reform.

Directness of the Dividend to the individual is analogous to the major theme of Luther’s reform saying there need not be an arbitrary intermediating priesthood/elite between God and Man, but that Man was in fact fully empowered to seek a direct relationship with God. Directness also brings the possibility of virtual simultaneity of equity between total individual incomes and total prices which indirect methods are incapable of doing because with them the element of Time is introduced and except under the most extreme, unethical and/or in actual fact wasteful circumstances must inevitably rebound back on the temporal system of the economy in negative fashion.

The Rebate aspect of the Discount mechanism is analogous to reform of the Indulgence system of the Church making those rebates based more on merit and willing participation in an ethical program instead of largely to those who have the wealth to lobby and coerce the political apparatus into such subsidies. The Discount/Rebate is a general indulgence granted to individuals via lower prices and businesses, again based on their ethical pledge to serve the individual and is a way for businesses to possibly secure more profit more easily without meddling in either their price discovery or inhibiting competition. It also has the added effect of reducing the power over businesses by Finance, and in all likelihood their lessened dependence upon as much need for financing from that historically problematic business model.