Roman Inquisition
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The Roman Inquisition was a system of tribunals established by the Catholic Church in the 16th century to combat heresy and enforce doctrinal orthodoxy, particularly in response to the Protestant Reformation.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Roman Inquisition canonical | 10 |
| Roman Inquisition trial of Giordano Bruno | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Roman Inquisition Context triple: [Ad extirpanda, relatedTo, Roman Inquisition]
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Inquisition
The Inquisition was a powerful ecclesiastical tribunal system of the Catholic Church and allied monarchies, created to identify, try, and punish heresy and enforce religious orthodoxy.
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Spanish Inquisition
The Spanish Inquisition was a powerful Catholic institution established in late 15th-century Spain to enforce religious orthodoxy, often through persecution, trials, and expulsions of Jews, Muslims, and other perceived heretics.
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Portuguese Inquisition
The Portuguese Inquisition was a powerful religious tribunal established in Portugal in the 16th century that persecuted Jews, conversos, and other alleged heretics under the authority of the Catholic Church and the Portuguese crown.
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Roman Inquisition theologians
Roman Inquisition theologians were Catholic doctrinal authorities who evaluated and censured teachings deemed heretical or contrary to Church doctrine during the early modern period.
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E.
Otras inquisiciones
Otras inquisiciones is a 1952 collection of essays by Jorge Luis Borges that explores metaphysics, literature, and philosophy through erudite, imaginative criticism.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Roman Inquisition Target entity description: The Roman Inquisition was a system of tribunals established by the Catholic Church in the 16th century to combat heresy and enforce doctrinal orthodoxy, particularly in response to the Protestant Reformation.
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A.
Inquisition
The Inquisition was a powerful ecclesiastical tribunal system of the Catholic Church and allied monarchies, created to identify, try, and punish heresy and enforce religious orthodoxy.
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B.
Spanish Inquisition
The Spanish Inquisition was a powerful Catholic institution established in late 15th-century Spain to enforce religious orthodoxy, often through persecution, trials, and expulsions of Jews, Muslims, and other perceived heretics.
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C.
Portuguese Inquisition
The Portuguese Inquisition was a powerful religious tribunal established in Portugal in the 16th century that persecuted Jews, conversos, and other alleged heretics under the authority of the Catholic Church and the Portuguese crown.
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D.
Roman Inquisition theologians
Roman Inquisition theologians were Catholic doctrinal authorities who evaluated and censured teachings deemed heretical or contrary to Church doctrine during the early modern period.
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E.
Otras inquisiciones
Otras inquisiciones is a 1952 collection of essays by Jorge Luis Borges that explores metaphysics, literature, and philosophy through erudite, imaginative criticism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic ecclesiastical tribunal
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inquisition ⓘ judicial institution of the Catholic Church ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
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surface form:
Holy Office
Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Catholic clergy
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Catholic laity ⓘ Catholic territories under papal authority ⓘ Italian Jews (in matters of conversion and censorship) ⓘ Italian Peninsula ⓘ
surface form:
Italian peninsula
Papal States ⓘ |
| country | Papal States ⓘ |
| dissolved | 20th century (through institutional transformation into the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith) ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
ⓘ
surface form:
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
|
| foundedBy | Pope Paul III ⓘ |
| hasCause |
Reformation
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surface form:
Protestant Reformation
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| hasCharacteristic |
centralized control from Rome
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greater procedural regularity than some medieval inquisitions ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
control of religious dissent in the Papal States
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enforcement of Catholic moral discipline ⓘ suppression of open Protestant communities in Italy ⓘ |
| hasPart |
central congregation in Rome
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local inquisitorial tribunals ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
censor books
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combat heresy ⓘ enforce Catholic doctrine ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Rome ⓘ |
| inception | 1542 ⓘ |
| location |
Palazzo del Sant’Uffizio, Vatican City
ⓘ
surface form:
Palazzo del Sant'Uffizio, Rome
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| mainSubject |
doctrinal orthodoxy
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heresy ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Calvinism
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Judaizing practices among converts ⓘ Lutheranism ⓘ Protestantism ⓘ magic and superstition ⓘ witchcraft (in some cases) ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Roman Curia ⓘ |
| partOf | Counter-Reformation ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholic Church
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| replacedBy | Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
condemnation of heliocentrism in 1633
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establishment of the Index of Forbidden Books ⓘ Galileo affair ⓘ
surface form:
trial of Galileo Galilei
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| timePeriod |
16th century
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17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ |
| uses |
ecclesiastical trials
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handing over condemned persons to secular authorities for capital punishment ⓘ imprisonment as penalty ⓘ interrogation and examination of witnesses ⓘ penitential sentences ⓘ theological censure ⓘ |
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Referenced by (11)
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