what was the direct association of pagans with the inquisition. What was the inquistion?

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Answer 1

The Inquisition proper was inaugurated by Pope Lucius III at the Synod of Verona, Italy, in 1184.
In collaboration with Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa, he decreed that any person who spoke, or even thought, contrary to Catholic doctrine would be excommunicated by the church and duly punished by the secular authorities. Bishops were instructed to seek out (Latin, inquirere) heretics.

Those not strictly, strictly catholic were deemed heretic ....pagan.

Answer 2

Inquisition is broadly used to refer to refer things related to judgment of 'heresy' by the Catholic Church. It can mean an ecclesiastical tribunal or institution from the Roman Catholic Church for combating or suppressing heresy, a number of historical expurgation movements against heresy (orchestrated by the Roman Catholic Church), or the trial conducted against a heretic.

Originally it was simply another word for legal investigation. During the Dark Ages it became focused almost exclusively on the detection and "correction" of heretics. The early church was riddled with theological disputes of all sorts...what dogma was correct, what form of worship to use, and so on. The Inquisition was supposed to enforce unity of practices among the many spread out churches. The Inquisition process had no basis with freedom of thought, religion, or speech, and as such has become the archetypical image of persecution...religious or political.

The Inquisition was intended to hunt down heretics, and Pagans and the remaining traces of their practices came under that heading. Any hint of Paganistic practices or traditions were aggressively stamped out as the Inqusition gained power, primarily concerned with keeping the Christian-dominated areas in line with Catholic dogma. Oddly, though the Spanish Inquisition was the most aggressive and brutal, it accomplished what others did not: Spain avoided many of the religious wars that later disrupted places like France and Germany.

Answer 3

There was none whatsoever, the Inquisition was, from it's beginning, a purely Christian organization. The Office of Inquisitor generals was founded by Pope Gregory IV in 1231, for the purpose of preventing civil authorities from killing people out of hand on trumped up charges of heresy. It guiding principle was to never punish the wicked if it harmed the innocent : "Ut puniatur sic temeritas perversorum quod innocentiae puritas non laedatur." They also banned the use of torture during questioning, "Quaestiones sunt fallaces et inefficaces", questioning under torture leads to falsehoods and errors, and the use of the death penalty. In addition, the accused was provided an attorney at his trial if he couldn't afford one. Torture could be used after conviction to force a confession, but only if the proof of guilt included at least 30 eye-witnesses. The popular image of the Inquisition is a result of Protestant propaganda, they had the printing presses, so their message got around better. Like everything else, as time passed the early Inquisitors were replaced and corruption set in, but even at it's worst it remained one the more enlightened judicial bodies of it's time. You were way better off as a prisoner of the Inquisitors than of the average Sheriff or Nobleman, in fact, the threat to turn people over to the secular authorities was one of the worst they could make.

Answer 4

when the catholic chruch inquired into your beliefs. If you didn't believe Jesus was lord, they lobbed off your head or tortured you.

Like Iraq, just replace "Jesus" with "Freedom"

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