Roman Inquisition

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Catholic ecclesiastical tribunal inquisition judicial institution of the Catholic Church

The Roman Inquisition was a system of tribunals established by the Catholic Church in the 16th century to combat heresy and enforce doctrinal orthodoxy, particularly in response to the Protestant Reformation.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Roman Inquisition canonical	10
Roman Inquisition trial of Giordano Bruno	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic ecclesiastical tribunal ⓘ inquisition ⓘ judicial institution of the Catholic Church ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith ⓘ surface form: Holy Office Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Catholic clergy ⓘ Catholic laity ⓘ Catholic territories under papal authority ⓘ Italian Jews (in matters of conversion and censorship) ⓘ Italian Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Italian peninsula Papal States ⓘ
country	Papal States ⓘ
dissolved	20th century (through institutional transformation into the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith) ⓘ
followedBy	Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith ⓘ surface form: Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
foundedBy	Pope Paul III ⓘ
hasCause	Reformation ⓘ surface form: Protestant Reformation
hasCharacteristic	centralized control from Rome ⓘ greater procedural regularity than some medieval inquisitions ⓘ
hasEffect	control of religious dissent in the Papal States ⓘ enforcement of Catholic moral discipline ⓘ suppression of open Protestant communities in Italy ⓘ
hasPart	central congregation in Rome ⓘ local inquisitorial tribunals ⓘ
hasPurpose	censor books ⓘ combat heresy ⓘ enforce Catholic doctrine ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Rome ⓘ
inception	1542 ⓘ
location	Palazzo del Sant’Uffizio, Vatican City ⓘ surface form: Palazzo del Sant'Uffizio, Rome
mainSubject	doctrinal orthodoxy ⓘ heresy ⓘ
opposedTo	Calvinism ⓘ Judaizing practices among converts ⓘ Lutheranism ⓘ Protestantism ⓘ magic and superstition ⓘ witchcraft (in some cases) ⓘ
parentOrganization	Roman Curia ⓘ
partOf	Counter-Reformation ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church
replacedBy	Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office ⓘ
significantEvent	condemnation of heliocentrism in 1633 ⓘ establishment of the Index of Forbidden Books ⓘ Galileo affair ⓘ surface form: trial of Galileo Galilei
timePeriod	16th century ⓘ 17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ
uses	ecclesiastical trials ⓘ handing over condemned persons to secular authorities for capital punishment ⓘ imprisonment as penalty ⓘ interrogation and examination of witnesses ⓘ penitential sentences ⓘ theological censure ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Ad extirpanda → relatedTo → Roman Inquisition ⓘ

Pope Paul IV → supported → Roman Inquisition ⓘ

Index of Forbidden Books → regulatedBy → Roman Inquisition ⓘ

Index of Forbidden Books → relatedTo → Roman Inquisition ⓘ

Giordano Bruno → convictedBy → Roman Inquisition ⓘ

Giordano Bruno → participantIn → Roman Inquisition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Inquisition trial of Giordano Bruno

Roman Inquisition theologians → partOf → Roman Inquisition ⓘ

Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition → alsoKnownAs → Roman Inquisition ⓘ

Mary Ward → opposedBy → Roman Inquisition ⓘ

Index of Prohibited Books (Spanish Inquisition) → associatedWithInstitution → Roman Inquisition ⓘ

Santa Maria sopra Minerva → usedBy → Roman Inquisition ⓘ