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Topic: Inquisitor (Doctor Who)


  
  Darth Vader - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Luke, who by now has been trained by Yoda, arrives and finds his way to the carbonite freezing facility, where Vader is planning to freeze him for transport to the Emperor.
He is discovered by Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice, the young Obi-Wan Kenobi, who are convinced that Anakin is the "Chosen One" foretold by the prophecy to bring balance to the Force.
Mark Hamill (who portrayed Luke in the original trilogy) noted in a 1983 interview in Starlog #72: "Bob Anderson was the man who actually did Vader’s fighting.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Darth_Vader   (5512 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Inquisition
The Inquisitor, strictly speaking, was a special but permanent judge, acting in the name of the pope and clothed by him with the right and the duty to deal legally with offences against the Faith; he had, however, to adhere to the established rules of canonical procedure and pronounce the customary penalties.
We know that Dominicans were sent as inquisitors in 1232 to Germany along the Rhine, to the Diocese of Tarragona in Spain and to Lombardy; in 1233 to France, to the territory of Auxerre, the ecclesiastical provinces of Bourges, Bordeaux, Narbonne, and Auch, and to Burgundy; in 1235 to the ecclesiastical province of Sens.
Aragons best-known inquisitor is the Dominican Nicolas Eymeric (Quétif-Echard, "Scriptores Ord.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/08026a.htm   (12683 words)

  
 The Pendle Witches or Lancashire Witches   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Today, for the first time, we have a good idea of the dimensions of the Great Hunt: where the trials occurred, who was tried in them, who did the killing, and how many people lost their lives.
The inquisitor who ran many of these trials was Pierre Guidonis (nephew of Bernard Gui from The Name of the Rose).
Although several inquisitors believed the charges, one skeptic convinced La Suprema (the ruling body of the Spanish Inquisition) that this was groundless hysteria.
www.pendlewitches.co.uk /content.php?page=myths   (5526 words)

  
 Official Website -- ROY FIRESTONE
During a recent mid-ring interview with former heavyweight boxing champion James "Buster" Douglas, on the eve of his title bout with Evander Holyfield, Firestone got right to the point.
One, you're fat; two, you're lazy; three, you're a loser." Many who saw the episode could only shout at their TV screens, "Run, Firestone!
Who else could get Jimmy Johnson, the intense coach of the Miami Dolphins, to admit he ought to be more emotional and loving with his wife and family?
www.royfirestone.com /2articles.htm   (2890 words)

  
 Internet History of Science Sourcebook
Mivart was a Catholic convert who wrote a noted reply to the Darwinian thesis, which he did not dismiss out of hand, in 1871.
In 1876, Pope Pius IX conferred on him the degree of doctor of philosophy.
Comments by a leading "cornucopeian" who claims that there is no need to worry about population growth, global warming.
www.fordham.edu /halsall/science/sciencesbook.html   (2786 words)

  
 E-Ei: Positive Atheism's Big List of Quotations
Under torture you say not only what the inquisitor wants, but also what you imagine might please him, because a bond (this, truly, diabolical) is established between you and him.
I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own -- a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty.
I believe in Spinoza's God who reveals himself in the orderly harmony of what exists, not in a God who concerns himself with the fates and actions of human beings.
www.positiveatheism.org /hist/quotes/quote-e.htm   (3410 words)

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