Inquisition

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ecclesiastical tribunal system institution of the Catholic Church

The Inquisition was a powerful ecclesiastical tribunal system of the Catholic Church and allied monarchies, created to identify, try, and punish heresy and enforce religious orthodoxy.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Inquisition canonical 10
Roman Inquisition 4
medieval Inquisition 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ecclesiastical tribunal system ⓘ
institution of the Catholic Church ⓘ
associatedWith Catholic monarchies ⓘ
papacy ⓘ
cooperatedWith Catholic rulers ⓘ
secular authorities ⓘ
exercisedAuthorityOver baptized Christians ⓘ
suspected heretics ⓘ
geographicScope Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
Italian states ⓘ
Portuguese colonies ⓘ
Spanish colonies in the Americas ⓘ
Western Europe ⓘ
hadComponent Inquisition self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Medieval Inquisition

Portuguese Inquisition ⓘ
Inquisition self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Roman Inquisition

Spanish Inquisition ⓘ
historicalReputation symbol of religious persecution ⓘ
imposedPenalty confiscation of property ⓘ
handing over to secular authorities for execution ⓘ
imprisonment ⓘ
penance ⓘ
legacy controversial institution in Catholic history ⓘ
legalBasis canon law ⓘ
notableReform centralization under the Roman Inquisition in the 16th century ⓘ
oversightBy local bishops in some periods ⓘ
pope ⓘ
primaryPurpose enforce religious orthodoxy ⓘ
identify heresy ⓘ
punish heresy ⓘ
try suspected heretics ⓘ
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church
targetedGroup Moriscos ⓘ
Protestants in Catholic territories ⓘ
alleged heretics ⓘ
conversos ⓘ
targetedOffense Islamic practices among converts ⓘ
Judaizing among converts ⓘ
blasphemy ⓘ
heresy ⓘ
witchcraft in some regions ⓘ
timePeriod Early Modern period ⓘ
surface form: Early modern period

Middle Ages ⓘ
usedMethod judicial interrogation ⓘ
secret testimony ⓘ
torture in some periods ⓘ
use of witnesses ⓘ
usedProcedure inquisitorial procedure ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Catholic Monarchy → hasCentralInstitution → Inquisition ⓘ
Galileo Galilei → opposedBy → Inquisition ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman Inquisition
Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith → formerName → Inquisition ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition
Spanish Inquisition → differentFrom → Inquisition ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman Inquisition
Counter-Reformation → policyInstrument → Inquisition ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman Inquisition
Inquisition → hadComponent → Inquisition self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Medieval Inquisition
Inquisition → hadComponent → Inquisition self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman Inquisition
Galileo affair → involves → Inquisition ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holy Office of the Inquisition
papal bull Exigit sincerae devotionis affectus → topic → Inquisition ⓘ
subject surface form: Exigit sincerae devotionis affectus
Bull "Ad extirpanda" → subject → Inquisition ⓘ
subject surface form: Ad extirpanda
Ad extirpanda → concerns → Inquisition ⓘ
Pope Gregory IX → established → Inquisition ⓘ
this entity surface form: papal Inquisition
Life of Galileo → subject → Inquisition ⓘ
History of the Conflict between Religion and Science → discusses → Inquisition ⓘ
Saint Peter Martyr → movement → Inquisition ⓘ
this entity surface form: medieval Inquisition
trial and execution of Joan of Arc → religiousAuthorityInvolved → Inquisition ⓘ
Catharism → suppressedBy → Inquisition ⓘ
this entity surface form: Medieval Inquisition
Roman Catholic authorities (historical) → usedInstitution → Inquisition ⓘ
Konrad von Marburg → participantIn → Inquisition ⓘ
this entity surface form: medieval Inquisition
papal bull Ad extirpanda → subject → Inquisition ⓘ
subject surface form: Ad extirpanda
Suprema → alsoKnownAs → Inquisition ⓘ
this entity surface form: Consejo de la Suprema y General Inquisición
Ugolino di Conti → established → Inquisition ⓘ
this entity surface form: papal Inquisition
Ugolino di Conti → seeAlso → Inquisition ⓘ
this entity surface form: Papal Inquisition
Excommunicamus (1231) → mainSubject → Inquisition ⓘ
Excommunicamus (1231) → relatedTo → Inquisition ⓘ
this entity surface form: medieval Inquisition
Cathar castles → linkedTo → Inquisition ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inquisition in Languedoc
Albigeois → associatedWith → Inquisition ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inquisition in medieval France