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(1) Introduction
In this paper I will show the events and the purpose of the Spanish Inquisition. I will also show the history before the Spanish Inquisition. The Spanish Inquisition involved many religious and powerful people. Their influence brought forth a quest to expel all who were not Christian.
(2) Before the Spanish Inquisition there was the Papal Inquisition.
To fully understand the Spanish Inquisition, one must learn about its predecessor the Medieval Inquisition. Religion was more than just going to church. It was a person's science, their identity, their philosophy, their politics, and their hope for salvation. The Inquisitions was used to bring order, justice, and compassion to combat rampant secular and popular persecutions of heretics. Heresy is the selection of religious or political doctrines, adhesion to parties in church or state.
In 1184 Pope Lucuis III sent a list of heretics to Europe's bishops and commanded them to take an active role in......

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