[metmom]

The actual records of the inquisition exist, most scholars regard the history of the inquisition to be a black legend started by protestant propagandists and political leaders in Europe who used it as a bludgeon against Spain.

Which scholars?

Catholic ones?

Give us an unbiased source.

[Bayard]

From and Anglican contemporary historian.

https://www.amazon.com/Bearing-False-Witness-Debunking-Anti-Catholic/dp/1599474999

[Bayard]

I need to correct my Author’s religious background. Rodney Stark was Raised Lutheran. He would later call himself a Cultural Christian.