Re: The Inquisition
- From: ande452@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 21:49:49 -0700
Once again, please stop posting off topic crap like this
in this newsgroup.
John Anderson
sue jahn wrote:
>
> 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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