The inquisition

It's one of the darkest times in recent religious history. When people point to the dark side of the Catholic Church, the Inquisition is one of the first things that gets mentioned. It's an unbelievably complicated piece of history, and it's no wonder that a series of myths and misconceptions have grown around it. Featured

I didn’t expect the spanish inquisition…

The Inquisition companions and their fears... Source: ObliviousGamer

Dressed as black-robed fiends with black cowls over their heads, Inquisitors could extract confessions from just about anyone.

Spain’s centuries-long witch hunt killed 700 women – in the region. Estimates indicate that roughly 30,000–60,000 people were executed during ...

Circa 1520, The Spanish Inquisition at work on suspected Protestants and insincere Christians in a torture chamber. All their gruesome work was carried out in the name of Christianity; note the altar...

Accused women were stripped by inquisitor priests who searched their bodies for "witch marks" where they allegedly suckled demons.

The banner of the Inquisition at Goa . Banner reads Misericordia et Justitia. Spanish Inquisition spread throughout its empire.

One of the most controversial organizations in history, the Spanish Inquisition has been poorly understood by the general public.

The Galileo gambit is a cognitive bias (rather than an actual logical fallacy) where the putative expert insists that he is an unacknowledged genius, a