But it depended on religion and religious belief to function as it did.
Brent
On 8/22/2022 1:18 AM, Tomasz Rola wrote:
In case of Inquisition, I gave you the rule to determine if they were
doing their abuses for the faith or for themselves. Here is what
Jewish wikipedia says:
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FINANCING THE INQUISITION
[http://www.jewishwikipedia.info/financing.html
]
It was widely accepted that the Inquisition existed only to rob
people, as they openly affirmed (Kamen, The Spanish Inquisition, p
150). Both rich and poor knew that it was the rich who were most
at risk. The fact that the Inquisition funded itself from the
property it confiscated meant that it burned people on
commission. Individual inquisitors also funded themselves,
acquiring great wealth during their careers. Some inquisitors were
known to have fabricated evidence in order to extort money from
their victims, but even when discovered they received no
punishment. Similarly their staff of helpers, called familiars,
were free to commit crimes without fear of punishment by the
secular courts. After 1518 this was formalised. Familiars enjoyed
immunity from prosecution similar to benefit of clergy or modern
diplomatic immunity. This provided another cause of popular
scandal, along with their exemption from taxation .
end quote
So, seems to me, the Holy Inquisition was more like private
enterprise, and great career for those who accused.
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