Inquisition

the manner of the “lion-like” characteristics of Spain. Isabella and Ferdinand began the inquisition, which was a fierce political move towards making friends in high places while getting rid of Jews and Muslims. These two groups were given the choice to leave or convert forcefully. Showing “lion-like” aggressiveness, enforcement of the Inquisition was thoroughly carried out. Overall, through the inquisition, strategic…

The Grand Inquisitor by Fydor Dostoevsky is a parable in his novel, The Brothers Karamazov. The story takes place in Seville, Spain, during the time of the Inquisition, when heretics were routinely burned at the stake. The first time I read The Grand Inquisitor I found it disturbing. There had been, according to Dostoevsky, during the sixteenth century, chatter among the masses about the fact that Christ had not returned, and many questioned if His miracles were real. According to the parable,…

Inquisitors. The Inquisitors were an ancient assembly of people, who had been researching demonology and possession in association with mental illness since the period in history known as the "Spanish Inquisition". Many of those condemned to death for witchcraft during the Spanish Inquisition suffered from these illnesses that imbued them with super-human abillities. Their healing and esoteric knowledge, which included gifts like precognition, psychometry, and clairvoyance among them, were…

Why did the Renaissance begin when and where? The Renaissance began in Florence, Italy because it was a huge trade center at the time. Florence was in a nice geographical location for commerce and trade. This gave a huge amount of wealth to the city which contributed to its economic success. As the main point of exchange, many concepts took off from Florence including new forms of art and politics. Location wasn’t the only contributing factor to the beginning of the Renaissance since The Black…

Oliver Wendell Homes, an American writer from the 1800s, once stated, “Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked” (quote 9). Along with torture, insanity is one of the main focuses in the Gothic movement. The movement came as an offshoot of Romanticism in the early 19th century before the beginning of the Victorian era. The Gothic form had a curious appeal in terms of weaving a beauty of the unpleasant, the horrifying, and even the grotesque (Spiro par. 1). There were many…

Christianity for the Crusades and slavery; however, these are only two instances that religion is taken to an extreme form. A more substantial example of extreme religious terrorism is the Spanish Inquisition, using Christianity to rationalize the terror that reigned down. However, the Spanish Inquisition only represents a small percentage of Christians and should warrant people to equate all Christians with tortuous acts. This also should be the case with ISIS. The actions of a few should…

The saint I choose to pray to and imitate and whose name I have chosen for the Sacrament of Confirmation is Saint Ignatius of Loyola. His feast day is on July 31st and he was baptized with the name Inigo, but later changed it to Ignatius and adopted Loyola as a surname. Saint Ignatius of Loyola was the founder of the Society of Jesus, or the Jesuits. He was from a wealthy family with royal blood. He was beatified by Pope Paul V in 1609 and was canonized by Pope Gregory XV in 1622.…

Can the augmented fixation on the topic of immigration be an unequivocal complication for the United States government and its citizens? The answer to this inquisition is yes, and it is particularly due to unconventional ideologies bestowed to the American civilization by biased media outlets. Some of these ideologies are based on the financial instability, moral threat, and the public safety of American families, which have consequently generated fear, uncertainty, and desperation. Furthermore…

who are being questioned, leaving them frustrated and lost without offering an alternative explanation. Not only does he cause them to question their beliefs, he embarasses them by publicly challenging what the wisdom they think they obtain. His inquisition of others’ creeds and conducts cause the person to feel as if they are being attacked, but that is not the case. Socrates isn’t interested in attacking the person, but, is interested in exploiting…

Seerat Fatima " Spiritual Theory of Socrates" “Man was born free, but everywhere he is in chains" [1]. Rousseau’s famous dictum echoes the utterance of Imam Ali (A.S), who recurrently emphasized in Nahaj ul Balagha: “God has created man free, with sound faculties and reason. He led him with His grace to the true path, but it was man who chained himself with deceitful desires and misguided ambitions” [2]. In this paper we will unravel the shrouded spiritual teachings of Socrates interweaved with…