[Persevero]

It was not until a few years ago that I learned that the Inquisition was NOT Christians torturing non-Christians, but Catholics torturing Protestants.

I can’t believe I didn’t know that.

And no, I am not angry at any current Catholics over it.

[Claud]

It was not until a few years ago that I learned that the Inquisition was NOT Christians torturing non-Christians, but Catholics torturing Protestants.

Well, and other heretics, but yes. Only members of the Church, of course, can canonically be brought before an ecclesiastical court, which the Inquisition was. Jews and Muslims were not even its jurisdiction. They could not be brought before it unless they had been baptized.

Incidentally, there's another aspect to the Inquisition that is often missed. It was the state that punished religious crimes--and this goes back to pre-Christian times. Technically, the Church-run Inquisition was just the fact-finding aspect of the inquiry. You will find in many of the records the line "and he was handed over to the secular arm to be burned."

[Do Be]

but Catholics torturing Protestants.

I demand reparations.