Inquisition

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The Inquisition was a powerful ecclesiastical tribunal system of the Catholic Church and allied monarchies, created to identify, try, and punish heresy and enforce religious orthodoxy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ecclesiastical tribunal system
institution of the Catholic Church
associatedWith Catholic monarchies
papacy
cooperatedWith Catholic rulers
secular authorities
exercisedAuthorityOver baptized Christians
suspected heretics
geographicScope Iberian Peninsula
Italian states
Portuguese colonies
Spanish colonies in the Americas
Western Europe
hadComponent Medieval Inquisition
linked to: Inquisition

Portuguese Inquisition
Roman Inquisition
linked to: Inquisition

Spanish Inquisition
historicalReputation symbol of religious persecution
imposedPenalty confiscation of property
handing over to secular authorities for execution
imprisonment
penance
legacy controversial institution in Catholic history
legalBasis canon law
notableReform centralization under the Roman Inquisition in the 16th century
oversightBy local bishops in some periods
pope
primaryPurpose enforce religious orthodoxy
identify heresy
punish heresy
try suspected heretics
religiousTradition Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
targetedGroup Moriscos
Protestants in Catholic territories
alleged heretics
conversos
targetedOffense Islamic practices among converts
Judaizing among converts
blasphemy
heresy
witchcraft in some regions
timePeriod Early modern period
linked to: Early Modern period

Middle Ages
usedMethod judicial interrogation
secret testimony
torture in some periods
use of witnesses
usedProcedure inquisitorial procedure

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Referenced by (27)

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Galileo Galilei opposedBy Roman Inquisition
linked to: Inquisition
Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith formerName Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition
linked to: Inquisition
Spanish Inquisition differentFrom Roman Inquisition
linked to: Inquisition
Counter-Reformation policyInstrument Roman Inquisition
linked to: Inquisition
Inquisition hadComponent Medieval Inquisition
linked to: Inquisition
Inquisition hadComponent Roman Inquisition
linked to: Inquisition
Galileo affair involves Holy Office of the Inquisition
linked to: Inquisition
Exigit sincerae devotionis affectus topic Inquisition
Ad extirpanda subject Inquisition
subject linked to: Bull "Ad extirpanda"
Ad extirpanda concerns Inquisition
Pope Gregory IX established papal Inquisition
linked to: Inquisition
Life of Galileo subject Inquisition
Saint Peter Martyr movement medieval Inquisition
linked to: Inquisition
Catharism suppressedBy Medieval Inquisition
linked to: Inquisition
Konrad von Marburg participantIn medieval Inquisition
linked to: Inquisition
Ad extirpanda subject Inquisition
subject linked to: papal bull Ad extirpanda
Suprema alsoKnownAs Consejo de la Suprema y General Inquisición
linked to: Inquisition
Ugolino di Conti established papal Inquisition
linked to: Inquisition
Ugolino di Conti seeAlso Papal Inquisition
linked to: Inquisition
Excommunicamus (1231) mainSubject Inquisition
Excommunicamus (1231) relatedTo medieval Inquisition
linked to: Inquisition
Cathar castles linkedTo Inquisition in Languedoc
linked to: Inquisition
Albigeois associatedWith Inquisition in medieval France
linked to: Inquisition