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Question 2 -- the Inquisition, also known as the Inquiry on Heretical Perversity began in the 12th century in Europe and was the Catholic Church's response to perceived heresy and disagreement with papal doctrine. Prior to this, the Church suppressed ideas it considered heretical, but did not use torture in a widespread manner. The process lasted several hundred years, and was justified because the Church needed to ensure that the whole of Christendom followed a singular view of doctrine…. "for punishment does not take place primarily and per se for the correction and good of the person punished, but for the public good in order that others may become terrified and weaned away from the evils they would commit"(Thomsett, 2010). Humans are not God, but striving towards God, and are thus flawed in many ways. Luther's disagreement with the Papacy, for instance, changed European religion forever; not only was the Bible to be available in the vernacular, but individuals could not express a more personal relationship with God. One cannot argue that political, social, and religious institutions have done their best to control populations over time. However, one can also see that it is the evolution of faith that matters far more than the dogma of mankind.
Some could certainly say that for part of the Church's history it was an institution designed to promote social order, uphold the Papacy and monarchies of Europe, and subjugate all other populations that might have a different viewpoint. Certainly, interpretations of the Crucifixion story held that a nation of Jews killed Christ, and how many people were killed in the name of God during the explorations of the New World?
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Campbell, J. And Moyers, B. (1991). The Power of Myth. New York: Anchor Books.
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Thompsett, M. (2010). The Inquisition: A History. Jefferson, NC: McFarland.
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Bitarello, M. (2008). Recrafiting the Past: The Complex Relationship Between Myth and Ritual. Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies. 10 (2): 214-22.
Campbell, J. And Moyers, B. (1991). The Power of Myth. New York: Anchor Books.
Sproul, B. (1979). Primal Myths: Creation Myths from Around the World. New York:
Harper One.
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