Banking in Holland

In Holland, Bankers were excluded from communion by an ordinance of 1581, joining a list of other shady occupations---pawnbrokers, actors, jugglers, acrobats, quacks, and brothel keepers---that were disqualified from receiving God's grace. Their wives were permitted to join the Lord's Supper, but only on condition tha...t they publicly declared their repugnance for their husband's profession!