To those of you of religious persuasion, do you think the torturers of the Inquisition went to Hell?

Question

After all, they believed they were doing God's work, and most likely said their prayers 5 times a day, not counting midnight mass. They were the Bible thumpers of their day, and those giving the orders to burn people alive were high priests of the Church.

Answer 1

There were four Inquisitions; the Medieval Inquisition, the Spanish Inquisition, the Portuguese Inquisition and the Roman Inquisition.

During the first three decades of the thirteenth century the Inquisition, as the institution, did not exist. But eventually Christian Europe was so endangered by heresy, and penal legislation concerning Catharism had gone so far, that the Inquisition seemed to be a political necessity. That these sects were a menace to Christian society had been long recognized by the Byzantine rulers. As early as the tenth century Empress Theodora had put to death a multitude of Paulicians, and in 1118 Emperor Alexius Comnenus treated the Bogomili with equal severity, but this did not prevent them from pouring over all Western Europe. Moreover these sects were in the highest degree aggressive, hostile to Christianity itself, to the Mass, the sacraments, the ecclesiastical hierarchy and organization; hostile also to feudal government by their attitude towards oaths, which they declared under no circumstances allowable. Nor were their views less fatal to the continuance of human society, for on the one hand they forbade marriage and the propagation of the human race. and on the other hand they made a duty of suicide through the institution of the Endura. It has been said that more perished through the Endura (the Catharist suicide code) than through the Inquisition. It was, therefore, natural enough for the custodians of the existing order in Europe, especially of the Christian religion, to adopt repressive measures against such revolutionary teachings.

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Seems that if the Church had their way, the people who used "repressive measures" (torture, etc) during the Inquisitions would be sainted.

Hope God isn't Catholic.

Answer 2

The Catholic Church clearly teaches that we are not to say that anyone is in hell. The Church has named many saints, but has never said that anyone is in Hell. Also, the Inquisition was not some tactic employed by the Catholic Church: it was employed by corrupt governments and tyrannies of the day which sought not to kill non-Christians, but to eliminate heresy within the Christian community itself. The truth of the matter, whether you accept it or not, is that, during the Protestant Revolution, the anti-Catholics dramaticized the events and made the Church look responsible for many questionable acts that were performed by the state. This is not to say that the Church has never had any difficult times, but if you were to do the research, you would find out that the Church simply isn't the "evil" it is accused of being.

Answer 3

Yes, unless they repented for what they did. There's a scripture that says "there's a way that seemed righteous but in the end it leads to destruction" something like that so it doesn't mean just because they believe strongly on what they did that it was right. God doesn't force Himself to us so they didn't have that right to do the inquisition...forcing believers of that time to bow to the popes and idols. I guess they miss the whole point of why Jesus died for us, they also missed what God's grace means.

Answer 4

I wish I could believe in hell, because, as a Christian, I am quite disappointed in these people. Obviously, they slept through Jesus' lessons about love and tolerance.
Of course, we still have people who call themselves Christians who have missed these teachings.
Good thing for the woman taken in adultery that these Bible thumpers weren't there that day!

Answer 5

I believe that anyone who kills someone else will need to give a pretty damn good explanation to God as to why they found it necessary to kill a person that God loves. Having said that, I don't know who will go to hell or heaven... I leave that judgment to God. I have decided that all I can do is repent for the sins that I commit and continue to strive to follow Jesus as a disciple.

Answer 6

I think they might be going to hell, but that is for God to decide. I don't know if you can lump them all together. They certainly deserve it, but some may have repented.

If they repented, then God's grace covers them. It doesn't seem fair, and I am not trying to justify what they did. But, we are all guilty of sin. If they could not be forgiven, then neither can you or me. But it all depends on whether or not they TRULY repented.

Answer 7

yes, I do. calling yourself a Christian and going to church don't mean you're a Christian. if they were torturing and killing innocent people, they were no better than savages.
if the whole church, every pastor and every leader, said to do something I thought was wrong, I wouldn't do it. the church is for the people. not the the other way around.

Answer 8

I can't judge anybodies soul but God has told us to inspect fruit.The
Bible tells me that a good tree can't put off bad fruit.By inspecting
fruit it doesn't look good for them.God only knows and I will choose to
treat other people the Way I would like to be treated.1Jo 2:6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
1Jo 2:6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. 1Jo 2:10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
1Jo 2:11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
In Christ in Love,
TJ57

Answer 9

Of course they're burning in hell. They wer'nt doing God's work they were just using God as an excuse to get people to do what they wanted them to do. God had nothing to do with them and they're lies.

Answer 10

Since they believed in Jesus and felt they were doing his bidding according to Christianity they are in Heaven.