Witchcraft In The 16th Century

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Europe in the 16th century, although there have been witchcraft trial, but at the time did not form a large-scale persecution of witchcraft. Later, as Pope Innocent VIII encyclicals was start witchcraft persecution movement. The encyclicals was drafted by two professors of Dominica seminary, there are also author of "The Malleus Maleficarum" . This book is divided into three parts. The first part discusses the need to eradicate witches; the second part discusses the various acts of witches, and ways to eliminate; the third part discusses the trial of witches judicial proceedings. The authors believe that witchcraft is all superstition, the mysterious behavior of the most evil. Because it abandoned the Christian faith, and committed to the

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