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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar; Jewbacca

I’m no Spanish historian, but since the Inquisition was an *ecclesiastical* court, I don’t see how any Jewish person could fall under its purview. As far as I know, it did not have any jurisdiction over Jews, pagans, or anyone already not in the Church.

The conversos, yes, as they would have been become Catholics by their Baptism and by that fact subject to the Inquisition. But not Jews proper—at least from what I know.

And forced Baptism has never to my knowledge been approved by the Church, so if it happened in Spain we can lay that at the feet of an overzealous State and not the Inquisition.


29 posted on 01/03/2011 11:24:28 AM PST by Claud
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To: Claud

Forced conversions were long part of the Roman Catholic Church.

Heck, you were kidnapping, baptising, and brainwashing Jewish children to hate their parents until 100 years ago.


63 posted on 01/03/2011 11:55:03 AM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: Claud; Ruy Dias de Bivar; Jewbacca

Of course. Blame every one but the RC church.


136 posted on 01/03/2011 1:24:18 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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