The Spanish Inquisition and Portuguese Inquisition

The History and Legacy of the Roman Catholic Church's Most Infamous Institutions

De: Charles River Editors

Narrado por: Ken Teutsch

“Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all law-religions, or religions established by law.” (Thomas Paine, Rights of Man)

In this day and age, people will fight tooth and nail to right cases of discrimination and injustice, from seeking legal action to filing criminal charges against the discriminating party.

Multiple organizations around the world exist to help combat and protect its citizens from prejudicial inequities. Social media has also become a channel for those around the world to voice these injustices. Resulting boycotts, petitions, and negative backlash from social media and the Internet have been known to play a significant role in contributing to the downfall of individuals and corporations that have been accused of discrimination of any kind.

The road to the modern age of cultural harmony and acceptance is one of the finest feats of human progress, but having said that, there was once a time when the mere doubt of a religious figure's existence was not only punishable by law, it could very well cost a man his life. This was the crime of heresy. This kind of religious persecution has been around for thousands of years, and Christians were often the victims, but when the Catholic Church began its rapid expansion throughout Europe during the Middle Ages, the tables were turned. In 1184, Pope Lucius III issued a papal bull that would kick off a long-standing tradition of heretic-hunting, and as a result, the Age of the Inquisitions commenced.

From then on, the Roman Catholic Church took it upon itself to hold tribunals, or judicial courts, in a quest to exterminate heresy once and for all.

None of these would hold a candle to the one birthed in the 15th century - the Spanish Inquisition...an era darkly remembered for its oppression, barbarous torture, and religious tyranny.

The Portuguese found access to the trade regions that they had been searching for, but sailing from Portugal to India and beyond would require too many resources to travel with at once. To remedy this problem, Portugal began establishing a number of forts and trading posts along the route. The Portuguese were able to establish a fort on the west coast of India, Fort Manuel, in 1500, and in 1505 a fort was erected off the coast of Tanzania, thus beginning a trend of European colonization in Africa and Asia that would last for the next 400 years. However, as the Catholic empires expanded across the globe, persecution would travel with them.

The Spanish Inquisition and Portuguese Inquisition: The History and Legacy of the Roman Catholic Church’s Most Infamous Institutions looks at how the Inquisitions came to be, and how people were tortured and executed; you will learn about the Inquisitions like never before.

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The Whole Story

I liked how the book showed the full spectrum of the inquisition and not just one religious minority. I didn't know that it stretched as vast as it did going to the Hindus and Buddhist as well.

Will listen to again....

Good book. Will listen to again. This book only confirms what some folks have been saying but to only a limited amount of ears ready to hear it.... good book....

informative but incomplete

an excellent resource on a lot about the Spanish Inquisition with the sole exception of how and why it ended, a process which was rather glossed over

Rouge Religion Gone Wild

An embarrassing read for humanity itself. The epicenter of course was religion itself, and in particular the Catholic Church.
How this church has changed history is hideous in nature, and by golly, there still at it today.
The church has Forbidden Gospels that actually make it possible for a Christian to understand the Bible fully, and by that alone, it denies the people to really understand God at the level He always intended it to be. The bottom line was this was no Inquisition, it was the evil embedded within the church itself.. I made the decision years ago to believe the lost Gospels, as this was the time that Jewish scribes edited it, to their liking.
The book will add nothing to your life, other than show you inhumanity to the masses. It is the same today, but much more refined.