The Inquisition
- From: "sue jahn" <susysewnshow@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 02:37:35 -0400
The Inquisition
Sooner or later, any discussion of apologetics with Fundamentalists will address the Inquisition. To non-Catholics it is a scandal;
to Catholics, an embarrassment; to both, a confusion. It is a handy stick for Catholic-bashing, simply because most Catholics seem
at a loss for a sensible reply. This tract will set the record straight.
There have actually been several different inquisitions. The first was established in 1184 in southern France as a response to the
Catharist heresy. This was known as the Medieval Inquisition, and it was phased out as Catharism disappeared.
Quite separate was the Roman Inquisition, begun in 1542. It was the least active and most benign of the three variations.
Separate again was the infamous Spanish Inquisition, started in 1478, a state institution used to identify conversos-Jews and Moors
(Muslims) who pretended to convert to Christianity for purposes of political or social advantage and secretly practiced their former
religion. More importantly, its job was also to clear the good names of many people who were falsely accused of being heretics. It
was the Spanish Inquisition that, at least in the popular imagination, had the worst record of fulfilling these duties.
The various inquisitions stretched through the better part of a millennia, and can collectively be called "the Inquisition."
http://www.catholic.com/library/Inquisition.asp
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