13 Facts About Inquisition

Inquisition was a group of institutions within the Catholic Church whose aim was to combat heresy, conducting trials of suspected heretics.

Term "Inquisition" comes from the Medieval Latin word, which described any court process based on Roman law, which had gradually come back into use during the Late Middle Ages.

Today, the English term "Inquisition" can apply to any one of several institutions that worked against heretics within the judicial system of the Roman Catholic Church.

Generally, the Inquisition was concerned only with the heretical behaviour of Catholic adherents or converts.

The Inquisition was permanently established in 1229, run largely by the Dominicans in Rome and later at Carcassonne in Languedoc.

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In 1538 the Spanish Inquisition cautioned its members not to believe everything the Malleus said.

The Peruvian Inquisition, based in Lima, administered all the Spanish territories in South America and Panama.

Portuguese Inquisition formally started in Portugal in 1536 at the request of King Joao III.

The Portuguese Inquisition principally focused upon the Sephardi Jews, whom the state forced to convert to Christianity.

The Portuguese Inquisition expanded its scope of operations from Portugal to its colonial possessions, including Brazil, Cape Verde, and Goa.

Originally oriented for a religious action, the Inquisition exerted an influence over almost every aspect of Portuguese society: political, cultural, and social.

Goa Inquisition began in 1560 at the order of John III of Portugal.

The Goa Inquisition focused upon Catholic converts from Hinduism or Islam who were thought to have returned to their original ways.