There were roughly four grand Inquisitions accounted for throughout history that were orchestrated by the Church. The Medieval, Spanish, Portuguese, and Roman Inquisitions. What is agreed upon by most historians was that these event's objectives were to repress and convert the so-called heretics and blasphemers. Many methods were used, the most famous being torture and execution (though it wasn't common).
I try to bring this up in conversations pertaining to religion every now and then, and am repeatedly disappointed to find that most people don't know enough about this subject. I find the Inquisition to be one of the most interesting subjects concerning religion. So I brought it here, a nexus for intelligent conversation regarding religion.
What's your take? The ethics, the methods, the cause, and so on. And for my religious forum-goers, I have other questions, what was God's plan here? What was the Pope thinking? Is there any viable justification for the radical alterations of the many exposed cultures brought on by the Inquisitors?
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