Roman Inquisition

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The Roman Inquisition was a system of tribunals established by the Catholic Church in the 16th century to combat heresy and enforce doctrinal orthodoxy, particularly in response to the Protestant Reformation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic ecclesiastical tribunal ⓘ
inquisition ⓘ
judicial institution of the Catholic Church ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Holy Office ⓘ
Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Catholic clergy ⓘ
Catholic laity ⓘ
Catholic territories under papal authority ⓘ
Italian Jews (in matters of conversion and censorship) ⓘ
Italian peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Italian Peninsula

Papal States ⓘ
country Papal States ⓘ
dissolved 20th century (through institutional transformation into the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith) ⓘ
followedBy Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith ⓘ
foundedBy Pope Paul III ⓘ
hasCause Protestant Reformation ⓘ
linked to: Reformation
hasCharacteristic centralized control from Rome ⓘ
greater procedural regularity than some medieval inquisitions ⓘ
hasEffect control of religious dissent in the Papal States ⓘ
enforcement of Catholic moral discipline ⓘ
suppression of open Protestant communities in Italy ⓘ
hasPart central congregation in Rome ⓘ
local inquisitorial tribunals ⓘ
hasPurpose censor books ⓘ
combat heresy ⓘ
enforce Catholic doctrine ⓘ
headquartersLocation Rome ⓘ
inception 1542 ⓘ
location Palazzo del Sant'Uffizio, Rome ⓘ
mainSubject doctrinal orthodoxy ⓘ
heresy ⓘ
opposedTo Calvinism ⓘ
Judaizing practices among converts ⓘ
Lutheranism ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
magic and superstition ⓘ
witchcraft (in some cases) ⓘ
parentOrganization Roman Curia ⓘ
partOf Counter-Reformation ⓘ
religion Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
replacedBy Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office ⓘ
significantEvent condemnation of heliocentrism in 1633 ⓘ
establishment of the Index of Forbidden Books ⓘ
trial of Galileo Galilei ⓘ
linked to: Galileo affair
timePeriod 16th century ⓘ
17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
uses ecclesiastical trials ⓘ
handing over condemned persons to secular authorities for capital punishment ⓘ
imprisonment as penalty ⓘ
interrogation and examination of witnesses ⓘ
penitential sentences ⓘ
theological censure ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ad extirpanda → relatedTo → Roman Inquisition ⓘ
Pope Paul IV → supported → Roman Inquisition ⓘ
Index of Forbidden Books → regulatedBy → Roman Inquisition ⓘ
Index of Forbidden Books → relatedTo → Roman Inquisition ⓘ
Giordano Bruno → convictedBy → Roman Inquisition ⓘ
Giordano Bruno → participantIn → Roman Inquisition trial of Giordano Bruno ⓘ
linked to: Roman Inquisition
Roman Inquisition theologians → partOf → Roman Inquisition ⓘ
Mary Ward → opposedBy → Roman Inquisition ⓘ
Santa Maria sopra Minerva → usedBy → Roman Inquisition ⓘ
John Peter Carafa → strengthened → Roman Inquisition ⓘ
Statue of Giordano Bruno at Campo de' Fiori → religiousInstitutionInvolvedInEvent → Roman Inquisition ⓘ
Filippo Bruno → convictedBy → Roman Inquisition ⓘ
Filippo Bruno → trialHeldBy → Roman Inquisition ⓘ
Francisco Peña → participatedIn → Roman Inquisition ⓘ
Peter Martyr → associatedWith → Dominican Inquisition ⓘ
linked to: Roman Inquisition
Michele Ghislieri → authorityOver → Roman Inquisition ⓘ
Bartolomeo Spina → affiliation → Roman Inquisition ⓘ