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| + | ==Synopsis== | ||
| + | The Inquisition refers broadly to a number of historical movements orchestrated by the [[Pope]] and aimed at securing Papal religious and financial authority in Europe through the conversion, and sometimes persecution, of alleged heretics. In Spain and Portugal, the auto da fes and pre-decided trials of accused heretics, often ended with men and women being burned alive. Spanish missionaries would later import the Inquisition to the New World, convicting and killing Central and South Americans who refused to convert to Catholicism from the early sixteenth century onward. There were four major movements, starting with the Medieval Inquisition in 1184 and ending with the Spanish Inquisition in 1834. | ||
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| + | ==Contents== | ||
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| + | * [[Medieval Inquisition]] | [[Spanish Inquisition]] | [[Roman Inquisition]] | [[Portuguese Inquisition]] | ||
| + | * [[Roman Catholicism]] | ||
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| + | ==Main page== | ||
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| + | The Inquisition refers broadly to a number of historical movements orchestrated by the [[Pope]] and aimed at securing Papal religious and financial authority in Europe through the conversion, and sometimes persecution, of alleged heretics. In Spain and Portugal, the auto da fes and pre-decided trials of accused heretics, often ended with men and women being burned alive. Spanish missionaries would later import the Inquisition to the New World, convicting and killing Central and South Americans who refused to convert to Catholicism from the early sixteenth century onward. There were four major movements, starting with the Medieval Inquisition in 1184 and ending with the Spanish Inquisition in 1834. | ||
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| + | ===Background=== | ||
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| + | ===Views on the Inquisition=== | ||
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| + | ==Links== | ||
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| + | {{returnto}} [[Church history]] | ||
Revision as of 12:12, 6 September 2009
Synopsis
The Inquisition refers broadly to a number of historical movements orchestrated by the Pope and aimed at securing Papal religious and financial authority in Europe through the conversion, and sometimes persecution, of alleged heretics. In Spain and Portugal, the auto da fes and pre-decided trials of accused heretics, often ended with men and women being burned alive. Spanish missionaries would later import the Inquisition to the New World, convicting and killing Central and South Americans who refused to convert to Catholicism from the early sixteenth century onward. There were four major movements, starting with the Medieval Inquisition in 1184 and ending with the Spanish Inquisition in 1834.
Contents
Related topics
- Medieval Inquisition | Spanish Inquisition | Roman Inquisition | Portuguese Inquisition
- Roman Catholicism
Comments, Personal Articles, Studies and Sermons
Inquisition (discussion) (For short comments and opinions)
For related quotations see Inquisition (quotes)
Main page
The Inquisition refers broadly to a number of historical movements orchestrated by the Pope and aimed at securing Papal religious and financial authority in Europe through the conversion, and sometimes persecution, of alleged heretics. In Spain and Portugal, the auto da fes and pre-decided trials of accused heretics, often ended with men and women being burned alive. Spanish missionaries would later import the Inquisition to the New World, convicting and killing Central and South Americans who refused to convert to Catholicism from the early sixteenth century onward. There were four major movements, starting with the Medieval Inquisition in 1184 and ending with the Spanish Inquisition in 1834.
Background
Views on the Inquisition
Links
Return to Church history
