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  2. Medieval Inquisition - Wikipedia

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    The papal inquisition developed a number of procedures to discover and prosecute heretics. These codes and procedures detailed how an inquisitorial court was to function. If the accused renounced their heresy and returned to the Church, forgiveness was granted and a penance was imposed.

  3. Inquisition - Wikipedia

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    Henry A. Kelly concludes that inquisition was "a brilliant and much-needed innovation in trial procedure, instituted by the greatest lawyer-pope of the Middle Ages" and that later "abusive practices" should be identified as a perversion of the original inquisitorial process.

  4. Pope Gregory IX - Wikipedia

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    In 1233, Gregory IX established the Papal Inquisition to regularize the prosecution of heresy. [8] The Papal Inquisition was intended to bring order to the haphazard episcopal inquisitions which had been established by Lucius III in 1184. Gregory's aim was to bring order and legality to the process of dealing with heresy, since there had been ...

  5. Roman Inquisition - Wikipedia

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    The Roman Inquisition, formally Suprema Congregatio Sanctae Romanae et Universalis Inquisitionis (Latin for 'the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition'), was a system of partisan tribunals developed by the Holy See of the Catholic Church, during the second half of the 16th century, responsible for prosecuting individuals accused of a wide array of crimes according ...

  6. List of papal bulls - Wikipedia

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    Sets the procedure for the Inquisition in France headed by the Dominicans. [57] 1274 Ubi Periculum ("Where there is danger") Established the papal conclave as the method of selection for a pope, imposing progressively stricter restrictions on cardinals the longer a conclave lasted to encourage a quick selection. 1278 (August 4) Vineam Sorec ...

  7. Vox in Rama - Wikipedia

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    In 1233 Gregory IX established the Papal Inquisition to regularize the persecution of heresy. [3] The Papal Inquisition was intended to bring order to what had become the haphazard episcopal inquisitions, originally established by Lucius III in 1184. Gregory's aim was to bring order and legality to the process of dealing with heresy, since ...

  8. Historical revision of the Inquisition - Wikipedia

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    Eventually, "The Inquisition" became viewed as the primary instrument of Catholic tyranny, not only of Protestants, but also of freedom of thought and religion in general. However, exporting the Inquisition to the Netherlands was never in the plans of the Spanish Habsburg rulers, at least after the time of Charles V. [citation needed]

  9. Inquisition in France - Wikipedia

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    In 1545, by order of the Parlement of Aix-en-Provence, a bloody pacification of Waldensian villages in Provence took place. [54] In papal Avignon, a tribunal of the reformed Roman Inquisition was established in 1541, led by the Dominicans, which conducted very intensive activities against suspected Protestants in the 16th century. [55]