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To: CarrotAndStick
They weren’t merely exiled. IIRC, the survivors are the ones who fled the official killing machinery.

Incorrect. The Inquisition's capital punishment purview was limited to baptized Christian heretics. It had no authority over Jews except expulsion, since Jews had no standing in a court of canon law.

Not just Spain. Denmark and other places too.

The Jewish community in Denmark numbered a few hundred in the Catholic period. They were not subjected to any inquisition by Catholic prelates there.

When the Danish people officially converted to Lutheranism in 1536, they passed a formal law banning Jews from the country, and Jews were not allowed back into the country until 1628.

18 posted on 06/14/2007 11:27:32 AM PDT by wideawake ("Pearl Harbor is all America's fault, right, Mommy?" - Ron Paul, age 6, 12/7/1941)
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To: wideawake

http://www.apol.net/dightonrock/inquisition_goa.htm

“The words Auto da fé reverberated throughout Goa, reminiscent of the furies of Hell, which concept, incidentally does not exist in the Hindu pantheon. On April 1st 1650 for instance, four people were burnt to death, the next auto da fé was on December 14, 1653, when 18 were put to the flames, accused of the crime of heresy. And from the 8th April 1666 until the end of 1679 - during which period Dellon was tried - there were eight autos da fé, in which 1208 victims were sentenced. In November 22, 1711 another auto da fé took place involving 41 persons. Another milestone was on December 20, 1736, when the Inquisition burnt an entire family of Raaim, Salcete, destroying their house, putting salt on their land, and placing a stone “padrao”, which still existed in the place ( at least in 1866)”


19 posted on 06/14/2007 11:31:48 AM PDT by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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