
The Inquisition arose at the end of Middle Ages proper as a Church’s answer to the excesses of the heretical movements that didn’t limit themselves to support deviations of strictly theological character – which had till then opposed on a doctrinal level and only by spiritual means – but were also deadly threatening society . The steadfast opposition of the people to heretics’ violence forced the ecclesiastical authorities to intervene, basically to control and to curb a reaction by the people and handled by secular tribunals – sometimes without the necessary wisdom – under the illusion of solving the problem simply by sending heretics to the stake.
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September 24, 2009
Categories: Books & Publications, Catholic Q & A, Events, Politics . Tags: Catholic-Church, doctrinal, heresy, Inquisition, middle ages, secular tribunals, spiritual, temporal . Author: Doug Lawrence . Comments: Leave a comment