there wern't any mass protest against the inquisition, is it safe then to assume that christians back then supported the torturing of heretics?
2006-09-24 06:54:34 · 21 answers · asked by The internal demon 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2006-09-24 06:56:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't know of any protests against the Inquisition. Do you? I mean, I think that if there had been, the church would be mentioning that every other minute.
But this is tricky, anyway. Most people back then didn't even know what was happening. There weren't newspapers, or TV. And most people were even illiterate, and their main goal was to get something to eat.
But ever since then, the church has not repented about the Inquisition. Not publicly, anyway. And it is objectionable that Christians ever SINCE the Inquisition have been accepting an institution that doesn't have anything to say about that hell they created themselves...
2006-09-24 14:02:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They knew better than to protest then, and they still know better. It's safe to assume that if the churches could get away with actual physical harassment and torture then it would begin immediately -- not tomorrow, today.
After all, look what the Catholic Church got away with for decades, and is still getting away with. Do you think Archbishop Law of Boston (now a cardinal) should be a Prince of the Church or a long-term guest at the state penitentiary?
2006-09-24 13:58:35 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Inquisition was the method used by the Spanish throne to get rid of the Moors that invaded parts of their territory impossing the Islam. However, after some years Inquisition was used a method to get rid of your opponents or enemies just by doing a simple accusation and having some witnesses (who actually didn't witness anything in most of the times). You could compare that to the burning of witches in America. Many of them had nothing to do with witchery but whoever didn't like her could accuse them of being witches... therefore being burned.
2006-09-24 14:01:21 · answer #4 · answered by Sergio__ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The same way that it's wrong to associate Islam and terrorism, it's also not correct to assume that Christians back then all supported torture of heretics.
2006-09-24 14:10:11 · answer #5 · answered by Link 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not anymore...watched Benny Hinn lately?
Also, there is a growing body of evidence of a rebellion against the abuses of the Roman Catholic Church, right about the time of the Spanish and Portuguese Inquisitions.
I'm currently researching this for a paper, and will come back with more evidence as I find it...just please stop the generalizations.
2006-09-24 13:55:34 · answer #6 · answered by stronzo5785 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hmm. That's an interesting question. I wonder though did the typical resident of Spain know what all was happening? I'm thinking of the people in remote villages and areas. Too, they may not have supported it but had enough sense not to say anything about it. But, they also would have probably believed their priests who would have said it was God's work. I doubt any of them would have questioned that. I'm sure support of it depended upon the individual. I also wonder if those in the cities would report people they were angry with or wanted to get something of theirs. That happened in Nazi Germany.
2006-09-24 13:59:15 · answer #7 · answered by Purdey EP 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Those idiots weren't 'Christians'. They were evil fanatics who claimed to be Christians, just as the KKK claims to be Christian. So did Hitler. Jesus said "Take heed that no man deceive you for many will come in My name ... (Matthew 24:4,5), and "the tree is known by his fruit" (Matthew 12:33). There were, indeed, 'mass protests' against the inquisition, but the protestors were all slaughtered.
2006-09-24 14:11:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm not entirely sure. What I am sure of is that Native Americans took in and hid witches so that they would not have to suffer such a horrific death. Which begs the question, who acted in a more Christian way? The witch hunters or our Native peoples?
2006-09-24 13:59:50 · answer #9 · answered by gjstoryteller 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Catholics did, but Christians did not then nor now.
As little as 25 years ago my Mother in law would have been fighting mad if she had been called a Christian, she would have told you in no uncertain terms that she was Catholic, the one true religion.
Please do not lump that dark period of the Catholic church with Christianity. Christians follow Jesus Christ and his teachings, not a mans interpretation of them.
Now as to the current state of affairs, in defence of Catholics, they did STOP, as opposed to the Muslim/Islam, which will not stop. We know that they will not stop because the bible states that they will not, cannot stop. It is part of end time prophecy and must be fulfilled.
2006-09-24 14:12:32 · answer #10 · answered by cindy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's pretty safe to say there is a Christard in charge of the country fighting for his right to torture people as we speak
2006-09-24 14:12:05 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋