The Inquisition: A Revolution Against The Catholic Church

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In other words, the inquisition was a function set up by the Catholic Church to find heretics and judge them accordingly. Though more often than not the Catholic Church repressed the rights and harshly judged the accused. The reformation was a revolution against the Catholic Church. Its purpose was to overthrow the papal authority. This resulted in wars, persecutions, and the counter reformation. However, this was just the popular opinions of the people. In reality, the inquisition was the Catholic Church searching for heretics, belief or opinion contrary to orthodox religious doctrine, and giving them a fair trial and was then judged. The reformation was the split between the monarchy and the Catholic Church. The cause of the inquisition was to maintain the Catholic ideals and replace the medieval inquisition. The medieval inquisition was made in response to heretic movements, such as the Carthism. Catharism went against almost every line of the Creed. The spanish inquisition was started in order to save live and keep the country united. If the inquisition was never started there would have been bloodshed and violence as there was in other countries.
The cause of the reformation occurred in England because Henry VIII wanted a male heir to take over the throne. …show more content…

Not only did keep Spain united, but it also kept the peace. The trials of the inquisition were fair and just as they were regulated very strictly. The reformation was not in favor for the entire country as it lead to a divided forefront and violence. The trials that occurred were rigged and were hardly regulated. The reformation was the result of the greed of man which lead to even more greed. Though the reformation changed how the continent viewed the Catholic Church it lead to many good things as God can bring the light out of any