The Medieval Inquisition: An overview.

[Quill & Ink History.]

Hi! I just uploaded a new history video on the medieval inquisition. Seeing how most material on the internet about the Inquisition is either polemical or apologetics I tried to make one that is somewhat neutral with the main focus on why the inquisition was created and how it operated in the middle ages(though I of course have my own biases).

If you could watch the video, critique it and give your own views on the history medieval inquisitors and what literature you would recommend on the subject I would be very grateful. The literature I have used can be found in the video description.

Best wishes!

Quill & Ink history.

 

[JackRT]

Another good resource is "The Burning Times" by the National Film Board of Canada.

 

[Quill & Ink History.]

Another good resource is "The Burning Times" by the National Film Board of Canada.

Thx for the tip, gonna check out the documentary when I have time.

 

[JackRT]

Thx for the tip, gonna check out the documentary when I have time.

It is available on line I believe.

 

[kepha31]

You can get similar graphics on Jackkk Chickkk comics, or Monty Python Flying Circus. New research dispels the commonly accepted myths as propaganda. It's wrong to hold Catholics today accountable for the medieval manner that they dealt with medieval problems in medieval times. It's also wrong to hold Protestants today accountable for the Protestant Inquisition, which was worse.

The Truth about the Spanish Inquisition <not a Catholic publisher

Thomas F. Madden is associate professor and chair of the Department of History at Saint Louis University. Anything by him is reliable.

Any research before 1960 is outdated, and I wouldn't trust anyone without a Ph.D. in history because there is oceans of misinformation on the subject, especially on the Internet. Here is a well researched, well documents treatise with citations from both Protestant and secular historians. So let's level the playing field.
THE PROTESTANT INQUISITION
CHAPTERS:
I. PROTESTANT INTOLERANCE: AN INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
II. PROTESTANT DIVISIONS AND MUTUAL ANIMOSITIES
III. PLUNDER AS AN AGENT OF RELIGIOUS REVOLUTION
IV. SYSTEMATIC SUPPRESSION OF CATHOLICISM
V. VIOLENT RADICALISM AND THE PROTESTANT REVOLUTION
VI. DEATH AND TORTURE FOR CATHOLICS, PROTESTANT DISSIDENTS, AND JEWS
VII. PROTESTANT CENSORSHIP

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Finally, discussion about the Inquisition, in the end, doesn't prove what many think it proves.

 

[Root of Jesse]

Right. The Inquisitions were, simply put, the judicial systems of the Church they represent. Were punishments and techniques harsh by today's standard? Sure they were. So were medical procedures. Were there abuses? Sure, there were. And as kepha31 states, they do not prove anything, except that the Church cared for souls and did all they could to save them, even when they didn't want to be saved.

 

[lismore]

Very grim though, imprisonment, torture and death of persons, especially those innocent of any transgression of any sort of rule. Personally speaking I think freedom of belief is a good idea.

 

[Phil 1:21]

Are we actually at the point now of defending the Inquisition? Good grief.

 

[Root of Jesse]

Very grim though, imprisonment, torture and death of persons, especially those innocent of any transgression of any sort of rule. Personally speaking I think freedom of belief is a good idea.

You know, during the time, the Church was responsible for the souls of baptized Christians. Anyone who was professing heresy or apostasy or anti-Christian stuff was a danger to themselves and society. Also, there was very little torture to speak of, and very little capital punishment. Usually, if a person was put to death, it was a loss to the Church-the purpose of the Inquisition was to save souls.

Freedom of belief has placed us where we are today, with how many genders listed on facebook, so-called gay marriage, child molestation, and so on; Black Lives Matter, riots in the streets, too.

 

[Root of Jesse]

Are we actually at the point now of defending the Inquisition? Good grief.

What do you think I'm defending? What have you heard or read about the Inquisition?

 

[Phil 1:21]

It was a question, not an accusation.

 

[Root of Jesse]

It was a question, not an accusation.

So was mine. What's not to defend?

 

[Phil 1:21]

So was mine. What's not to defend?

*face palm*

 

[Root of Jesse]

*face palm*

This tells me you know nothing about the Inquisitions.

 

[Phil 1:21]

This tells me you know nothing about the Inquisitions.

How exactly do you feel the Inquisitions were in line with the teaching and actions of Christ? Seriously, my friend, even the most devout "fire and brimstone" Catholics I've known knew better than to try to defend this incredibly heinous chapter in the Church's history.

Also, there was very little torture to speak of, and very little capital punishment.

Yes, because I can remember all those times Jesus told his disciples to torture and kill nonbelievers...just a little bit.

 

[Root of Jesse]

How exactly do you feel the Inquisitions were in line with the teaching and actions of Christ? Seriously, my friend, even the most devout "fire and brimstone" Catholics I've known knew better than to try to defend this incredibly heinous chapter in the Church's history.

I would really like to know what you found so heinous and terrible?

Yes, because I can remember all those times Jesus told his disciples to torture and kill nonbelievers...just a little bit.

There is no doubt that men fail at being good Christians every day. Let he who is without sin, though, cast the first stone.

 

[Phil 1:21]

Also, there was very little torture to speak of, and very little capital punishment. Usually, if a person was put to death, it was a loss to the Church-the purpose of the Inquisition was to save souls.

I would really like to know what you found so heinous and terrible?

Was that a serious question? *double facepalm*

 

[Root of Jesse]

Was that a serious question? *double facepalm*

If you're not going to answer the question, seriously, there is nothing to debate. The truth is that the Inquisition was an institutional court system used to protect the state and the church. What details of the Inquisition do you object to? The fact is that most people do not know any actual data about the Inquisitions. I'm asking for what facts you've read or have been told. Again, if you won't put it down for us to see, the conversation is over.

 

[Phil 1:21]

If you're not going to answer the question, seriously, there is nothing to debate. The truth is that the Inquisition was an institutional court system used to protect the state and the church. What details of the Inquisition do you object to? The fact is that most people do not know any actual data about the Inquisitions. I'm asking for what facts you've read or have been told. Again, if you won't put it down for us to see, the conversation is over.

It was a serious answer. You stated that people were tortured and put to death for their beliefs during the Inquisition. If you don't find that heinous, I'm really not sure which Gospels you've been reading. If you really think torture and execution was in line with Christ's teachings, then we do agree on one thing: this conversation should be over.

Have a blessed day.

 

[Root of Jesse]

It was a serious answer. You stated that people were tortured and put to death for their beliefs during the Inquisition. If you don't find that heinous, I'm really not sure which Gospels you've been reading. If you really think torture and execution was in line with Christ's teachings, then we do agree on one thing: this conversation should be over.

Have a blessed day.

I dare you to read the following article:
http://www.crisismagazine.com/2011/the-truth-about-the-spanish-inquisition

It shows that torture and execution were secular solutions to heresy, that conversion was the Church's solution.