Roman Inquisition
Catholic heresy court
The Roman Inquisition was a system of tribunals established by the Catholic Church in 1542 to prosecute heresy and enforce religious orthodoxy.
Based in Rome and overseen by the Pope, it investigated suspected heretics, banned books, and conducted trials that could result in imprisonment or execution.
The Inquisition famously tried Galileo for supporting heliocentrism.
It operated for centuries, eventually evolving into the modern Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
- Giordano BrunoRenaissance cosmological heretic
- burning at stakeExecution by fire
- Council of TrentCatholic ecclesiastical congress addressing reformation
- Counter-ReformationChurch's internal reform movement
- heresyBelief opposing official doctrine
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Roman Inquisitionreligious tolerance
Acceptance of differing faiths
religious freedom · Edict of Nantes · pluralism · ecumenism · interfaith dialogue
Roman Inquisitioncivil law
Law governing private disputes
separation of church and state · common law · due process · habeas corpus
Roman Inquisitionacademic freedom
Protected scholarly inquiry rights
free inquiry · Royal Society · freedom of thought · free press
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