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Corrupt Church? The perception of the Spanish Inquisition, undoubtedly influenced by the infamous "black legend", is interesting in itself, but one should point out that the Spanish Inquisition, established in 1480 as an independent organization responsible only to the crown, was quite different from common medieval inquisitorial proceedings. Just as the myth that medieval people believed the earth to be flat is persistent and attractive mainly because it offers an easy explanation for Columbus's voyages of discovery, the myth that the medieval church was a landmark of corruption is often used to explain the success of Luther's Reformation. It depicts the church as ruled in a totalitarian and authoritarian way by power-hungry popes, aided by the Holy Inquisition, enriching themselves by exacting tithes from impoverished peasants and extorting indulgence money from misguided believers. www.the-orb.net /non_spec/missteps/ch11.html

Catholic Pages Directory: » The Church » Church History » SPANISH INQUISITION Myth of the Spanish Inquisition by Ellen Rice. The 1994 BBC/A&E production, "The Myth of the Spanish Inquisition" exposes the common understanding that the Inquisition was a vast pogrom of non Catholics as largely the creation of Protestant propaganda. The subject of the Inquisition illustrates one of the paradoxes of the "information age"--the availability of accurate information on a subject by no means guarantees that such information will affect public perceptions. www.catholic-pages.com /dir/inquisition.asp   (270 words)

Corrupt Church? Just as the myth that medieval people believed the earth to be flat is persistent and attractive mainly because it offers an easy explanation for Columbus's voyages of discovery, the myth that the medieval church was a landmark of corruption is often used to explain the success of Luther's Reformation. From a historical point of view, the idea that the medieval church was corrupt is based on a couple of methodological fallacies, such as disrespect for the peculiarities of medieval religion, arbitrary use of historical evidence, and ignorance of the situation in the medieval church. The late medieval malversations with benefices might be considered another abuse; while it became a lucrative enterprise for clerics to accumulate ecclesiastical functions and collect revenues, these offices required no presence or care of souls in the place where they were held. www.the-orb.net /non_spec/missteps/ch11.html   (2093 words)

The Myth of the Spanish Inquisition In its brief sixty-minute presentation, "The Myth of the Spanish Inquisition" provides only an overview of the origins and debunking of the myths of torture and genocide. The experts - once true believers in the Inquisition myth - were not out to do a feminist canonization of Isabella or claim that Tomas de Torquemada was a Marxist. The Inquisition had a secular character, although the crime was heresy. www.catholic.net /RCC/Periodicals/Dossier/1112-96/article4.html   (900 words)

Inquisition The myth of the witch-hunting inquisition was built on several assumptions and mistakes, all of which have been overturned in the last twenty-five years... The Inquisition is often considered the "slam dunk" in the argument that the Catholic Church is not of God and that Religion is stale. The Roman Inquisition began in 1542 when Pope Paul III established the Holy Office as the final court of appeal in trials of heresy and served as an important part of the Counter-Reformation. www.davidmacd.com /catholic/inquisition.htm   (6867 words)

Inquisition The myth of the witch-hunting inquisition was built on several assumptions and mistakes, all of which have been overturned in the last twenty-five years... The Inquisition is often considered the "slam dunk" in the argument that the Catholic Church is not of God and that Religion is stale. Jewish historian Steven Katz remarked on the Medieval Inquisition that "in its entirety, the thirteenth and fourteenth century Inquisition put very few people to death and sent few people to prison; 90 percent of its sentences were canonical penances" (The Holocaust in Historical Context, 1994). www.davidmacd.com /catholic/inquisition.htm   (6880 words)

Catholic Citizens Myth: The Inquisition was born from the bigotry, cruelty and intolerance of the medieval world, dominated by the Catholic Church. While, at base, the problem of the Holy Inquisition must be examined at the philosophical level, there is also no doubt that through the centuries "the Inquisition" has assumed a monstrous dimension out of proportion to the facts. But Ferdinand and Isabella also instituted it to protect the conversos, or New Christians, who had become victims of popular indignation, prejudices, fears and greed.8 It is important to note that the Inquisition had authority only over baptized Christians, and that the unbaptized were completely free of its disciplinary measures unless they violated natural law. www.catholiccitizens.org /press/contentview.asp?c=8393   (6880 words)

Ecclesia Militans: Is the Roman Catholic Church Christian? Assuming that you are referring to the Spanish Inquisition, as most protestants are when they ignorantly make use of the term "Inquisition" without a qualifying statement, then we must point out that recent scholarship has disproved the myth that "millions" were killed during it. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. The Holy Writ makes it clear that we shall be rewarded for our good works (Matthew 10:42; I Cor 3:8;), our salvation must be worked out in fear and trembling (Phil 2:12), and that we must persevere unto the end in order to be saved (Mt 10:22). www.geocities.com /militantis/isrccchristian.html   (6880 words)

Catholic Scandals & Shortcomings Index Page The Myth of the Spanish Inquisition (Ellen Rice) Dialogue: Reflections on the Crusades, the Inquisition, and Slavery Status: Inquisition in the Catholic Church (Benjamin D. Wicker) ic.net /~erasmus/RAZ421.HTM   (6880 words)

The Origins of the Inquisition in 15th Century Spain (review) Edward Peters, Inquisition (New York: Free Press, 1988); "The Myth of the Spanish Inquisition," a 1995 BBC television documentary that was also broadcast in the USA on the History Channel (AandE cable network), January 17, 1996; Edward O'Brien, "A New Look at the Spanish Inquisition," The Wanderer (St. Paul, Minn.), Feb. 15, 1996, p. Throughout the period of the Inquisition, both in the Iberian peninsula and the New World, the New Christians were organized as a set of intermarrying and interlocking family clans characterized by high levels of within-group cooperation and patronage in pursuit of economic and political goals. During the Inquisition period, Jewish emigrants from Spain and Portugal produced a large body of polemical, apologetic literature meant to refute Christianity and bolster the resolve of the crypto-Jews who remained on the Iberian peninsula. www.ihr.org /jhr/v16/v16n1p-2_Chalmers.html   (10161 words)

Catholic Dossier November/December 1996 A New Industry: The Inquisition, Brian Van Hove, S.J. The Myth of the Spanish Inquisition, Ellen Rice The Spanish Inquisition : Fact Versus Fiction, Marvin R. O'Connell Do They Contemplate the Fall of Rome?, George A. Kelly catholic.net /RCC/Periodicals/Dossier/1112-96   (10161 words)

Inquisition The myth of the witch-hunting inquisition was built on several assumptions and mistakes, all of which have been overturned in the last twenty-five years... The Inquisition is often considered the "slam dunk" in the argument that the Catholic Church is not of God and that Religion is stale. The duty proper to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is to promote and safeguard the doctrine on the faith and morals throughout the Catholic world: for this reason everything which in any way touches such matter falls within its competence. www.davidmacd.com /catholic/inquisition.htm   (10161 words)

Sacred Definition / Sacred Research In religionsReligion, sometimes used interchangeably with faith, is commonly defined as belief concerning the supernatural, sacred, or divine, and the practices and institutions associated with such belief. Sacred is a huge world full of incredible magic and ancient myth. [click for more] sacred, while Roman Catholics consider the transubstantiatedAccording to Roman Catholic dogma, transubstantiation is the change of the substance of the Eucharistic elements — bread and wine — into the body and blood of Jesus (although they retain the physical accidents — i.e. www.elresearch.com /Sacred   (10161 words)

FR92402.TXT Beyond the Myth of The Inquisition: Ours Is "The Golden Age" Brian Van Hove, S.J. Long did old-fashioned English Protestants and other anti- Catholics put their attention upon words such as "jesuitical," "popish," "jansenistic," and "inquisitorial" in their polemics. If this is anywhere near the truth, it would seem that during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries less than three people a year were executed by the Inquisition in the whole of the Spanish monarchy from Sicily to Peru _ possibly a lower rate than in any provincial court of justice. The myth had long passed into art and literature, in many ways more impressive and moving than the polemical writings of the time of the Dutch Revolt and the Protestant historians. www.ewtn.com /library/HUMANITY/FR92402.TXT   (5786 words)

Catholic Pages Directory: » The Church » Church History » SPANISH INQUISITION Myth of the Spanish Inquisition by Ellen Rice. The 1994 BBC/A&E production, "The Myth of the Spanish Inquisition" exposes the common understanding that the Inquisition was a vast pogrom of non Catholics as largely the creation of Protestant propaganda. The Spanish Inquisition and the social/historical context in which it took place is explained in this excerpt from Christ the King: Lord of History. www.catholic-pages.com /dir/inquisition.asp   (5786 words)

Joan of Arc Her myth has captured the world's imagination and, like all potent myths, it acts as a cultural Rorschach test: each age sees her in light of its own moral preoccupations. She has examined the court documents from Joan of Arc's 1431 Inquisition trial for heresy and woven the facts together with an analysis of the histories, biographies, plays, and paintings and sculptures that have appeared over time to honor this heroine and symbol of France's nationhood. Marina Warner is a historian and novelist; among her books are No Go the Bogeyman: Scaring, Lulling, and Making Mock (1998), From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers (1995), and Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin Mary (1983). www.ucpress.edu /books/pages/9044.html   (457 words)

Balkan Express If all that were not enough, the Hague Inquisition’s process against Milosevic, who has been assigned the role of avatar for the entire Serbian nation, is the darkest shadow over Belgrade yet. The Milosevic Myth, thus embellished and richly illustrated, is also important because it embodies all the racist stereotypes of Balkans denizens as retarded untermenschen, incapable of living in peace without foreign intervention and permanent outside tutelage." (Misha Djurkovic, Slobo Myth A Creation of Western Media, July 11, 2001.) Milosevic is thus tasked with defending not only himself but his entire people, in a "court" whose reason for existence guarantees he will never get a fair trial. www.antiwar.com /malic/pf/p-m071201.html   (457 words)

Blood Libel, Host Desecration and other Myths In 1817, Czar Alexander I of Russia declared that the blood libel was a myth. A variation of the blood libel myth developed in Europe early in the 11th century. 1492: Tomas de Torquemada, the Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition engineered a blood libel case in La Guardia, Spain. www.religioustolerance.org /jud_blib2.htm   (457 words)

*Ø*  Wilson's Almanac free daily ezine Dom Sebastian and Sebastianism Sebastião I King of Portugal Don Dom Sebastian Sebastianism Sebastianismo millenarianism messianic cult messiah Brazil Brazilian Portuguese folklore The Don Sebastian legend has a touch of the myth motif of the Sleeping King, or King in the Mountain, which finds echoes in Rip Van Winkle and also the Christian myth of the Seven Sleepers as discussed in the Wilson's Almanac Scriptorium. 1598), would intensify the already rigorous Inquisition in Portugal, although this didn't eventuate. Abu Marwan Abdalmalik I, ruler of Morocco, King Sebastian, and the Moroccan pretender, Muhammad, all died in the fighting. www.wilsonsalmanac.com /sebastianism.html   (457 words)

www.webstreamhosting.com - History & Culture: Ethnicity, Folklore, Mythology information Learn about Greek creature the Phoenix in mythology and art, with recommended books and resources The Roman poet] Ovid tells the story of the Phoenix as follows: 'Most The Assyrians call it the Phoenix. The greek myth of pegasus Learn about Greek creature Pegasus in mythology and art, with recommended books and resources Pegasus in Myth. Includes articles on Galileo, the Spanish Inquisition, Crusades, Reformation, and regional church histories. www.webstreamhosting.com /content/chapter41.html   (16225 words)

FR92402.TXT Beyond the Myth of The Inquisition: Ours Is "The Golden Age" Brian Van Hove, S.J. Long did old-fashioned English Protestants and other anti- Catholics put their attention upon words such as "jesuitical," "popish," "jansenistic," and "inquisitorial" in their polemics. in 1887, "the golden age" of inquisition history was barely opened. The Cathars/Albigensians, Waldensians, Hussites, and others were reinterpreted in the light of the theory of the "hidden" church of the pure Word. www.ewtn.com /library/HUMANITY/FR92402.TXT   (16225 words)

Knights Templar Synopsis After a torture filled inquisition, the Order of the Temple was found guilty of the charge of heresy and the Order was officially dissolved in 1312 by Pope Clement V, who consequently was indebted to Philip for his aid in his rise to the papacy(see images section). Some seven years after the arrest of the Templars on the Friday the 13th (the true reason behind the unluckiness associated with Friday the 13th) the last Grand Master Jacques de Molay was burned at the stake after renouncing his confession of Templar misdeeds under the torture of the inquisition. The connection between the Templars and the evil idol Baphomet is a myth that is hard to justify against the true nature of the Templars as defenders of the Holy Land in the name of Jesus Christ. www.creighton.edu /~hughesd/Templars   (16225 words)

Thistles & Pirates Myth of the Spanish Inquisition (Ancient Mysteries) - A and E Laffite Society List: Translation of "Gaceta de Colombia" article on the demise of Jean Laffite. Super Frigates - America's High Tech Weapons of the 1790's. www.cindyvallar.com /NewOrleans.html   (16225 words)

Library Documents on the Inquisition On the publication of L'Inquisizione, 15 June 2004, interventions were made to the Press by Cardinals Etchegaray, Tauran, and Cottier, and Professor Borromeo, providing information on the work of the Symposium in separating history from myth in regard to the Inquisition. William Most gives a summary of the information on the Inquisition found in Dr. Warren Carroll's book The Glory of Christendom, available from Christendom Press. Press Conference Interventions on L'Inquisizione : 15 June - Various www.ewtn.com /library/CHISTORY/INQUINDX.HTM   (16225 words)

The end of the Myth of Galileo Galilei supported by the progressivists by Atila S. Guimaraes@ TraditionInAction.org In 1616 the Holy Inquisition issued its first condemnation of Galileo’s hypothesis of heliocentrism, which added new data to Copernicus’ theory (7). Once again, it reinforces the idea that the Church was an impartial party in the scientific debate of that time. Ernest Lavisse and Alfred Rambaud, Histoire Générale du 4eme Siécle à nos Jours (Paris: Armand Collin, 1895), vol. www.traditioninaction.org /History/A_003_Galileo.html   (3460 words)

The Witches: Myth and Reality, Part 3 -- The Burning Times The Inquisition, or Congregation of the Holy Office as it was known, had its roots in the time of Emperor Constantine where religion was integrated into official law. The Burning Times was one of the foulest periods in the history of Western Civilization -- a time when reason and compassion gave way to prejudice and frenzy, when mere accusation or simply being "different" could result in the most sadistic and brutal tortures and eventually death. In that time of extreme suspicion, women -- especially older women who had little influence in the community -- were the most vulnerable to these wild accusations of devil worship. www.parascope.com /en/articles/witches03.htm   (1741 words)

The REAL Burning Times The myth of the witch-hunting inquisition was built on several assumptions and mistakes, all of which have been overturned in the last twenty-five years. 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. While Sacred-Pathways certainly agrees that there was a time of persecution, we have to agree with the Author in her conclusions as to its extent. sacred-pathways.com /realburningtimes.html   (5566 words)

UMD Library - Thomas Stephen Szasz Szasz, T. The manufacture of madness; a comparative study of the Inquisition and the mental health movement. Szasz, T. The myth of mental illness; foundations of a theory of personal conduct. Szasz, T. The age of madness; the history of involuntary mental hospitalizaiton, presented in selected texts. www.d.umn.edu /lib/reference/me/psychologists/szasz.html   (5566 words)

The Thomas Jefferson-Sally Hemings Myth and the Politicization of American History by David N. Mayer History, in effect, has become politicized in America today, as illustrated by the widespread acceptance of the Jefferson-Hemings myth as historical fact. As discussed more fully in my critique of Annette Gordon-Reed's book in Part V.A., below, among many proponents of the Jefferson paternity claim there has emerged a truly disturbing McCarthyist-like inquisition that has cast its pall over Jefferson scholarship today. The lesson is obvious: today, as throughout American history since the inception of the story nearly 200 ago, many Americans for various reasons want passionately to believe that Thomas Jefferson fathered some or all of Sally Hemings' children, whether or not the evidence supports the charge. www.ashbrook.org /articles/mayer-hemings.html   (5566 words)

Beyond the Myth of The Inquisition With the publication of Henry Charles Lea’s A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages in 1887, “the golden age” of inquisition history was barely opened. If this is anywhere near the truth, it would seem that during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries less than three people a year were executed by the Inquisition in the whole of the Spanish monarchy from Sicily to Peru — possibly a lower rate than in any provincial court of justice. A comparison, indeed, of secular courts and the Inquisition can only be in favor of the latter as far as rigour is concerned. catholiceducation.org /articles/history/world/wh0027.html   (5566 words)

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