Inquisition

Inquisition
   Under papal jurisdiction, the inquisition into heretical practices and beliefs was also introduced in the Low Countries dur ing the 16th century. Many members of Lutheran, Anabaptist, and other Protestant sects, as well as Jews, were arrested, tried, and ex ecuted by secular authorities. The harsh application of the edicts of Emperor Charles V against the heretics provoked antipathy during the 1540s and 1550s, which two decades later fueled open resistance against the centralizing policy of the Habsburg ruler, King Philip II of Spain.
   See also Revolt.

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  • INQUISITION — INQUISITION, special permanent tribunal of the medieval Catholic Church, established to investigate and combat heresy. The Early Institution Although the Inquisition was established by Pope gregory ix , it owed its name to the procedure… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Inquisition — • By this term is usually meant a special ecclesiastical institutional for combating or suppressing heresy Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Inquisition     Inquisition      …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • inquisition — [ ɛ̃kizisjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1160; lat. inquisitio 1 ♦ Vx Enquête, recherche. « Il n y a point de fin dans nos inquisitions » (Montaigne). 2 ♦ (1265) Hist. Tribunal de l Inquisition, et absolt l Inquisition : juridiction ecclésiastique d exception… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Inquisition — Inquisition. Papst Innocenz I. errichtete eine geistliche Behörde, deren Aufgabe es war, die abtrünnigen Glieder der wahren Kirche zu bessern oder zu bestrafen. Diese Behörde, unmittelbar unter dem päpstlichen Stuhle stehend, wurde die heil.… …   Damen Conversations Lexikon

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  • Inquisition — (lat., »Untersuchung«, Inquisitio haereticae pravitatis, Ketzergericht, auch Sanctum Officium), das Glaubensgericht, das die römische Hierarchie zur Aufsuchung und Vertilgung der Ketzer ins Leben gerufen hat. Schon unter den Kaisern Theodosius d …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Inquisition — Sf (gerichtliche) Untersuchung, besonders der katholischen Kirche per. Wortschatz fach. (16. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus l. inquīsītio ( ōnis), einer Ableitung von l. inquīrere (inquīsītum) suchen, erkunden , zu l. quaerere (quaesītum) suchen… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • inquisition — late 14c., judicial investigation, act or process of inquiring, from O.Fr. inquisicion inquiry, investigation (12c.), from L. inquisitionem (nom. inquisitio) a searching into, legal examination, noun of action from pp. stem of inquirere (see… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Inquisition — In qui*si tion, v. t. To make inquisition concerning; to inquire into. [Obs.] Milton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Inquisition — (v. lat.), 1) Untersuchung, s. Untersuchungsproceß. 2) (Inquisitio haeretĭcae pravitatis, Ketzergericht, Sanctum officium, Heiliges Officium), in der Katholischen Kirche Glaubensgericht zur Entdeckung u. Bestrafung der Ketzer u. Ungläubigen.… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • inquisition — in·qui·si·tion /ˌin kwə zi shən, ˌiŋ / n 1: the act of inquiring or examining 2: a judicial or official inquiry or examination usu. before a jury; also: the finding that results from such an inquiry Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam… …   Law dictionary

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