If you opposed the Inquisition on humanitarian grounds, would they have told you that you were against God?

Question

Would they have told you that you were being influenced by Satan? Why would they have done so?

Answer 1

If you opposed the Inquisition, you likely would not live long enough to state your reasons.

Answer 2

There was no freedom of speech within the Catholic Church. If you defended someone the church called a heretic, you would be considered a heretic. The main purpose was to weed out false doctrines and false teachers, as well as anyone else considered dangerous.

There were four different inquisitions, the following is from Wikipedia:

Historians distinguish between four different manifestations of the Inquisition: the Medieval Inquisition, the Spanish Inquisition, the Portuguese Inquisition and the Roman Inquisition.

Because of its objective, combating heresy, the Inquisition had jurisdiction only over baptized members of the Church (which, however, encompassed the vast majority of the population). Non-Christians could still be tried for blasphemy by secular courts. Also, most of the witch trials were held by secular courts.

Answer 3

Yes, the Inquisition believed they were doing God's work. They were commissioned by the rulers of most of the countries they were in, for instance Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile, Phillip and Mary of Spain and England, etc, and was ordained by the pope. So basically, opposing the Inquisition was opposing God's work, meaning you were a heretic. The basis for the collection and arrest of people was for betraying god in some way, (most often for being a Jew), and saying you object to 'God's people' is a pretty sure way to betray him!

Answer 4

Because during the inquisition Torquemada was given power by the queen of spain. this was a big mistake because people were overtly religious in those days and the grand inquisitor was considered a voice of god. His campaign of purification through pain was considered absolute and he himself even participated in opus dei(sp) rituals.
If the inquisitor believed his word would be threatened he could pull out the ol' influence stick and condemn you as a bedfellow of satan. This simple title could totally wipe out a person or races reputation. You should have seen what happened to all the jews who refused to convert.
Interestingly, the Grand Inquisitor's tortures were considered some of the most gruesome in all of history.

Answer 5

Yes, they [the Catholic Church] would have told you all of that. If you have the 'word from god' then you can do anything and will. Humans have little in the way of innate moral standards. There have been enough different humans societies to know that if a human can do it, s/he will do it and have a good and logical justification for doing it. The Inquisition [and the Holocaust and the Killing Fields of Cambodia] is proof that humans will inflict the most severe torture and cruelty in the name of 'right'. The purpose of all 'good' religions/ethical and moral/spiritual disciplines is to limit human behavior, not encourage it.

Answer 6

I still oppose all the innocent blood of the 68 million people murdered over a 28 year period at the hands of the vatican financed and planned Inquisition, and I still get catholics telling me that I'm under the influence of satan, and that I'm against God.

Okkkaayyy then.

Answer 7

I apologize in advance for pasting such a long section from Fox's Book of Martyrs. But I think that it shows where the hearts of those were who persecuted. I hope that you don't take offense that I posted it in answer to your question. I think that this book does not get the notice that it deserves.

This is in answer to your question:
from Fox's Book of Martyrs Chapter V

In 1244, their power was further increased by the emperor Frederic II, who declared himself the protector and friend of all the inquisitors, and published the cruel edicts, viz., 1. That all heretics who continue obstinate, should be burnt. 2. That all heretics who repented, should be imprisoned for life.

This zeal in the emperor, for the inquisitors of the Roman Catholic persuasion, arose from a report which had been propagated throughout Europe, that he intended to renounce Christianity, and turn Mahometan; the emperor therefore, attempted, by the height of bigotry, to contradict the report, and to show his attachment to popery by cruelty.

The officers of the Inquisition are three inquisitors, or judges, a fiscal proctor, two secretaries, a magistrate, a messenger, a receiver, a jailer, an agent of confiscated possessions; several assessors, counsellors, executioners, physicians, surgeons, doorkeepers, familiars, and visitors, who are sworn to secrecy.

The principal accusation against those who are subject to this tribunal is heresy, which comprises all that is spoken, or written, against any of the articles of the creed, or the traditions of the Roman Church. The inquisition likewise takes cognizance of such as are accused of being magicians, and of such who read the Bible in the common language, the Talmud of the Jews, or the Alcoran of the Mahometans.

Upon all occasions the inquisitors carry on their processes with the utmost severity, and punish those who offend them with the most unparalleled cruelty. A Protestant has seldom any mercy shown him, and a Jew, who turns Christian, is far from being secure.

A defence in the Inquisition is of little use to the prisoner, for a suspicion only is deemed sufficient cause of condemnation, and the greater his wealth the greater his danger. The principal part of the inquisitors' cruelties is owing to their rapacity: they destroy the life to possess the property; and, under the pretence of zeal, plunder each obnoxious individual.

A prisoner in the Inquisition is never allowed to see the face of his accuser, or of the witnesses against him, but every method is taken by threats and tortures, to oblige him to accuse himself, and by that means corroborate their evidence. If the jurisdiction of the Inquisition is not fully allowed, vengeance is denounced against such as call it in question for if any of its officers are opposed, those who oppose them are almost certain to be sufferers for the temerity; the maxim of the Inquisition being to strike terror, and awe those who are the objects of its power into obedience. High birth, distinguished rank, great dignity, or eminent employments, are no protection from its severities; and the lowest officers of the Inquisition can make the highest characters tremble.

When the person impeached is condemned, he is either severely whipped, violently tortured, sent to the galleys, or sentenced to death; and in either case the effects are confiscated. After judgment, a procession is performed to the place of execution, which ceremony is called an auto da fe, or act of faith.

Answer 8

If someone questioned the actions of the inquisitors, they became the next victims. He or she would be labeled an infidel, witch, or heathen. Now a person would be called a saint for standing up against brutality and cruelty. It just shows that religion changes as time passes and society changes.

Answer 9

Yes, they would. You would most likely get burned right beside a few of us Pagans. And they would have done so because you dared to speak out against the Church and what it was doing... the same attitude we see in here.

Answer 10

Yes of course they would.
Because by being aware of your humanity you would make them aware of their wrong, making them feel guilty, which proves how wrong you are, because you impede them from doing what they perceive as the will of God.

Darn the flesh that depends on the soul ; darn the soul that depends on the flesh.

Agape

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