[Campion]

Indeed is your challenger saying that the Catholic Church never denied liberties to non Catholic subjects, hello can we say Spanish Inquisition

The Spanish Inquisition didn't attempt to assert temporal power over the state, though. In fact, it ended up being basically an organ of the state; when the Spaniards shut it down, they didn't even bother to ask Rome's permission.

Keep in mind, also, that it was the Spanish government that asked the Church to establish the Inquisition, not the other way around.

[sitetest]

Dear Campion,

"Keep in mind, also, that it was the Spanish government that asked the Church to establish the Inquisition, not the other way around."

As well, I thought that the Inquisition was directed toward those who counted themselves publicly Catholics, not toward those who publicly claimed to be non-Catholic.


sitetest

[livius]

Rome, in fact, tried to get the Spanish government to shut down the Inquisition for years, sending bula after bula. It was such a useful instrument for the Emperor - or at any rate, some people in his government - that the Spanish government was not willing to let it go.