“The inquisition began in the late 4th century, right after the council of Lao DiCea authorized it.”
No, that’s completely false as recognized by every reputable historian whether Catholic, Protestant or Jewish. Also, no council by the name Lao DiCea ever happened. Perhaps you mean Laodicea. The fact that you didn’t even spell the council’s name correctly doesn’t bode well in regard to your knowledge about what did or did not happen there.
“The persecution of all who kept the Sabbath, which was all that followed Yeshua, plus every Jew in southern Europe.”
Oh, there we go - the quasi-Seventh Day Adventist cat is out of the bag. Canons at Laodicea against Judaizing among Christians in no way imply an inquisition. There was no inquisition until the 13th century.
“This was the biggest holocaust the world has ever known.”
That’s completely false. Chinese communists killed 60 million people. The Nazis and Soviets killed tens of millions. All executions by the state after all known inquisition trials amount to no more than 15,000 spread over several nations and several centuries (really the 13th to the 18th). All reputable historians of the Spanish Inquisition, for instance, admit that no more than 3000 to 5000 people died during the Spanish Inquisition’s more 350 year existence.
If you examine the records of the SI - and historians (most notably Gustav Henningsen and Jaime Contreras) have - you see that between 1560 and 1700 there were 49,092 judgments, and only 1.9 percent of those people were executed. That’s less than 1,000 people over 140 years. That’s about 7 people a year. It should be remembered that some of those executed were murderers.
Facts are stubborn things.
I beg to differ. One of the earliest known examples of my surname is found in the Templar Inquisition of 1185.
Bla, bla, bla...
American 'choosy mothers' will EASILY top this number!
After all; we're up to 55,000,000 already!