The Catholic Inquisition, with the aid of Heinrich Kramer, stood to benefit from the witch trials. At that time the church felt as if they were the only ones who could interpret the readings of the bible. Free thinking was not allowed and therefore ordinary people trying to solve everyday problems were look upon as going against the church. White witches although not a threat, the church felt if they could cure they could also bring about illnesses, therefore condemning all witchcraft as heresy on the grounds that only a person outside the church could exercise supernatural powers with the aid of Satan. Kramer seems to have his own personal vendetta against women. The written in the Malleus Maleficarum target freethinking women and gave instructions
