Should the Roman Catholic Church Apologize for the Sins of the Inquisitions?

Answer 1

Actually they have more that just the Inquisitions to apologize for.
What about the crusades
What about keeping the western civilization in the dark ages for 1000 years
What about the murder of hundreds of thousands of people
What about the brainwashing of millions of people through their doctrines and dogmas
Do I need to continue?

Thanks for the question

Answer 2

They should, keeping in mind that they are standing for the same ideals, belonging to the same church. But also keep in mind, the current people have not done this. Just as the current white population have not done the atrocities to the Black peoples, Jews and the American Indians. Their fathers have done this. The curse of the fathers are visited upon the children, so white people aren't exempt. All people should try to rectify what all was done, by living exemplary lives now. Cleaning their own karma so to speak. Pay back time.

what about all the good people did in the past? Aren't you reaping the benefits of the good someone did, not knowing you. We all can thank God for all the blessings that we have gotten from people we don't even know. Like the chair you are sitting on, or the computer screen you stare at. All these things were made for you! The food you eat every day, has taken away moments of someones life that can't be paid back, no matter how hard you try.

Apologies don't do anything but tell the people that it was wrong.

We don't know who was responsible for these things, the instigating leaders? The soldiers that had to kill or be killed? There are usually a few greedy people that can account for a huge world war, etc. God knows who, and all are paying back what has been done in the past. You don't know if a pompous Pope that can rectify what was done, was the very same one that was killed in the Inquisition in the past. Imagine that.

But then again, what do I know.

Answer 3

Then, the protestant inquisition should also apologize for theirs.
It is very interesting that whenever somebody mentions the inquisition only refers to the Spanish one, never to the protestant, that did many ugly things, like john Calvin in Geneva, who burnt Miguel Servet, the discoverer of the blood circulation at the stake.
Besides, nobody mentions that the Catholic inquisition appeared because the kings were punishing people for religious motives ( actually they were persecuting their political enemies masked under those pretenses ) and the vatican established the inquisition to put order in the mess.

Besides, the role of the inquisition was to determine whether the accused was guilty of religious offenses. If he was, then the punishment was carried on by the civil authorities ( the king's ).
Besides, the secretary of the inquisition, father Llorente, burnt some of the files and used others to slander the inquisition

To dennysw:
The Crusades were basically political enterprises under disguise of a religious motive, used by the kings of that time.
It looks like you don't know that the Catholic monks preserved the knowledge in the monasteries, preventing it from being lost.
At those times nobody was interested in learning
The other things you mention don't have any base either

Answer 4

Those who were participants in the Inquisition should repent of their sins not the entire present church. I'm Catholic, making me part of the church, and I had nothing to do with the Inquisition or the present day molestings, so I would not need to apologize for the sins of others.

Answer 5

Why could the catholic Church make an apology interior the case of Bruno? You reported, your self, that he became into burned on the stake via CIVIL government. between the 1st steps of John Paul's papacy, which started out in 1978, became into to start approaches finest to the rehabilitation in 1992 of Galileo, the Italian astronomer persecuted via the Church for coaching that the Earth revolved around the solar.

Answer 6

I think the members are not to blame, but the heirarchy stil exists and should explain in detail as in a trial what happened and explain the flaws that existed in the leadership of the time. the weight of the crimes that were commited and repent from ALL the philosophies THAT STILL EXIST today and swear not to commit them again.. just standing in public and say we are sorry, is not enough.. the Inquisition ,The Dark Ages, the infallibility of man leadership is all wrong and being the vicar of CHRIST is wrong and they should stick to the WORD OF GOD and stop teaching their own agenda.. If they would do this then I will think about it .. but they will not because they think they are infallible and THAT IS BEING A FALSE god..Only the ALMIGHTY GOD is infallible

Answer 7

Pastor Billy says: You haven't indicated which Inquistion,

The Protestant Inquistions under Luther, Calvin and Zwingli?
The English Reformation Inquistions under the Tudors Henry VIII, Elizabeth I and the Purtans
The Irish Inquistions under Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell?
The Jewish Inquistions as mentioned in the book of Deutoronomy?
The Islamic Inqusitions in Eqypt and North Africa circa 600 AD-900AD

No the Roman Catholic Church has nothing to apologize for, Pope John Paul II however did ask for forgiveness for all persons who in the name of Christ have committed wrongs against humanity. This includes all Protestants, all Orthodox.

Answer 8

Not only for the sins of the Inquisition, but for the suppression of other beliefs that was against the teaching of the church.

Answer 9

The inquisition was the result of the Catholic church of Spain going nuts, not the Roman church for a change.

Answer 10

No more than the americans should apologize for the horrible slavery time. It's past, and the people in the church now had nothing to do with it. Kinda like McCarthyism in the US government.