[Polycarp]

Servetus was killed by Geneva's civil authority.

And the Spanish Inquisition was the work of the civil authorities. But by your hypocritical double standards, the guilt of the Inquisition lies solely at the feet of Rome while the guilt of the death of Servetus lies solely at the feet of the civil authority.

Give us a break.

[George W. Bush]

The Spanish inquisitors were Roman clergy. Their offices were authorized with papal approval. Trying to pretend that the entire matter was one of the civil authority is ridiculous. Rome was responsible. Without inquisitors and Roman sanction, there could be no Inquisition.