Roman Inquisition theologians

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Roman Inquisition theologians were Catholic doctrinal authorities who evaluated and censured teachings deemed heretical or contrary to Church doctrine during the early modern period.

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Roman Inquisition theologians canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic theologians
ecclesiastical censors
group of people
aim control of religious teaching
defense of Catholic orthodoxy
suppression of heresy
appliesToJurisdiction Catholic territories under papal authority
Papal States
authorityOver Catholic authors
Catholic preachers
university theology teaching in Catholic territories
basedOn Catholic magisterium
Council of Trent decrees
papal bulls and encyclicals
employer Congregation of the Holy Office
fieldOfWork Catholic theology
canon law
dogmatic theology
moral theology
hasRole censor of books
consultor to the Holy Office
qualifier of doctrine
inception 1542
languageOfWork Italian
Latin
location Apostolic Palace
Rome
mainActivity doctrinal evaluation
examination of heresy
theological censorship
method examination of witnesses and texts
scholastic disputation
notableCase Galileo affair
trials of Protestant reformers in Italy
notableMember Francisco Peña
Melchior Cano
Robert Bellarmine
Tommaso de Vio Cajetan
partOf Roman Inquisition
religion Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
subordinateTo Cardinals of the Holy Office
Pope
timePeriod 16th century
17th century
18th century
early modern period
usesInstrument Index of Forbidden Books
doctrinal censures
theological qualifications such as heretical, erroneous, temerarious

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Galileo affair opposedBy Roman Inquisition theologians