he Catholic INQUISITION
The Inquisition was an ecclesiastical court and process of the Roman
Catholic Church setup to discover and punish heresy. It wielded immense
power and brutality in medieval and early modern times. The Inquisitions
function was principally assembled to repress all heretics of rights,
depriving them of their estate and assets which became subject to the
ownership of the Catholic treasury, with each relentlessly sought to
destroy anyone who spoke, or even thought differently to the Catholic
Church. This system for close to over six centuries became the legal
framework throughout most of Europe that orchestrated one of the most
strict religious orders in the course of mankind.
Inquisition Procedure
At root the word Inquisition signifies as little of evil as the
primitive “inquire,” or the adjective inquisitive, but as words, like
persons, lose their characters by bad associations, so “Inquisition” has
become infamous and hideous as the name of an executive department of
the Roman Catholic Church.
All crimes and all vices are contained in this one word Inquisition.
Murder, robbery, arson, outrage, torture, treachery, deceit, hypocrisy,
cupidity, holiness. No other word in all languages is so hateful as this
one that owes its abhorrent preeminence to its association with the
Roman Church.
In the Dark Side of Christian History, Helen Ellerbe describes how the
same men who had been both prosecutor and judge decided upon the
sentence of heresy. Once an Inquisitor arrived to a heresy-ridden
district, a 40 day period of grace was usually allowed to all who wished
to confess by recanting their faith.
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After this period of grace had finished, the inhabitants were then
summoned to appear before the Inquisitor. Citizens accused of heresy
would be woken in the dead of night, ordered, if not gagged, and then
escorted to the holy edifice, or Inquisition prison for closer
examination.
In 1244, the Council of Harbonne ordered that in the sentencing of
heretics, no husband should be spared because of his wife, nor wife
because of her husband, and no parent spared from a helpless child. Once
in custody victims waited before their judge anxiously, while he
pondered through the document of their accusation. During the first
examination, enough of their property was likewise confiscated to cover
the expenses of the preliminary investigation.
The accused would then be implicated and asked incriminating and luring
questions in a dexterous manner of trickery calculated to entangle most.
Many manual’s used and promulgated were by the grand inquisitor
Bernardus Guidonis, the Author of Practica Inquisitionis (Practice of
the Inquisition) and the Directorium Inquisitorum (Guideline for
Inquisitors) completed by Nicolaus Eymerich, grand inquisitor of Aragon.
These were the authoritative text-books for the use of inquisitors until
the issue of Torquemada’s instructions in 1483, which was an enlarged
and revised Directorium.
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Of Tattoos and Stigmata
Fr. Thomas G. Weinandy, OFM Cap.: Not many receive the visible
stigmata as did Sts. Paul, Francis, and Pio, yet all of us do bear the
invisible stigmata, for we too have died and have risen with Christ.
I recently saw a cartoon of a football coach exhorting his new
recruits. After he had finished his pep talk, one young rookie asked:
“When do we get our tattoos?” Which led me to reflect.
For the past twenty or more years, tattoos have become very
popular, both for men and women. Moreover, they have become much more
elaborate and ubiquitous – on arms, legs, thighs, back, chest, belly,
and neck – in various combinations. Likewise, there are various creative
designs – swirling patterns in multiple colors interlaced with flowers,
butterflies, or birds.
Although some tattoos are hideous, macabre, and even
demonic, many tattoos are “in good taste” and often quite appealing, and
even sexy – that is, if one is young and, so, with still firm skin.
Few things can be more unattractive than a tattoo on drooping,
sagging, wrinkled, aging flesh. In the not-too-distant future, such
withering tattoos will become common.
Click here to read the rest of Father Weinandy’s column . . .
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