[conservonator]

The Inquisition only applied to heretical self-described Catholics. The Church has never claimed jurisdiction over non-Catholics.

Kind of loses it's aura of eminent doom and terror when you let facts get in the way of the black legend.

[MeanWestTexan]

"The Inquisition only applied to heretical self-described Catholics. The Church has never claimed jurisdiction over non-Catholics . . . "

Tell that to my Sephardic Jewish ancestors who were shipped out of Spain to the New World.

I agree it was overblown, but it is still a black mark.