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ISIS today is what Christianity was in the Middle Ages (Know your history)
The
Inquisition, in order to set a trap for the unhappy victims, issued a
dispensation and called upon all Maranos[1] guilty of observing Jewish
customs to appear voluntarily before the court, promising the repentants
absolution and enjoyment of their life and property. Many appeared, but they
did not obtain absolution, until, under the seal of secrecy and under oath,
they had betrayed the name, occupation, dwelling, and mode of life of each of
the persons they knew to be Judaizers, or had heard described as such. A large
number of unfortunates were thus entrapped by the Inquisition. On the lapse of
this decree all those who had been betrayed were summoned to appear before the
tribunal within three days. Those that did not attend voluntarily were dragged
from their houses to the prisons of the Inquisition. Then a law was issued,
indicating in thirty-seven articles the signs by which backsliding Maranos
might be recognized. These signs were enumerated as follows:
If
they celebrate the Sabbath, wear a clean shirt or better garments, spread a
clean tablecloth, light no fire, eat the food ["ani"] which has been
cooked overnight in the oven, or perform no work on that day; if they eat meat
during Lent; if they take neither meat nor drink on the Day of Atonement, go
barefoot, or ask forgiveness of another on that day; if they celebrate the
Passover with unleavened bread, or eat bitter herbs; if on the Feast of
Tabernacles they use green branches or send fruit as gifts to friends; if they
marry according to Jewish customs or take Jewish names; if they circumcise
their boys or observe the "hadas" [a Babylonian superstition], that
is, celebrate the seventh night after the birth of a child by filling a vessel
with water, throwing in gold, silver, pearls, and grain, and then bathing the
child while certain prayers are recited; if they throw a piece of dough in the
stove before baking; if they wash their hands before praying, bless a cup of
wine before meals and pass it round among the people at table; if they
pronounce blessings while slaughtering poultry, cover the blood with earth,
separate the veins from meat, soak the flesh in water before cooking, and
cleanse it from blood; if they eat no pork, hare, rabbits, or eels; if, soon
after baptizing a child, they wash with water the spot touched by the oil; give
Old Testament names to their children, or bless the children by the laying on
of hands; if the women do not attend church within forty days after
confinement; if the dying turn toward the wall; if they wash a corpse with warm
water; if they recite the Psalms without adding at the end: "Glory be to
the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost," etc.
(see Llorente, "Histoire de l'Inquisition," i. 153, iv. Supplement, 6; "Boletin Acad. Hist." xxii. 181 et seq.; "R. E. J." xi. 96 et seq., xxxvii. 266 et seq.).
It
was easy for the Inquisition, with this mode of procedure, to entrap more and more
Maranos. From Seville, the only permanent tribunal, it sent its officers to
Cordova, Jerez de la Frontera, and Ecija, in order to track the fugitives and
especially to confiscate their property. The two inquisitors at Seville were so
cruel that complaints were made to Sixtus IV., who addressed a brief (Jan. 29,
1482) to the royal couple, amending the bull of Nov. 1, 1478, and expressing
his dissatisfaction. He declared that but for consideration for their majesties
he would depose Miguel de Morillo and Juan de San Martin. He refused a request
to appoint inquisitors for the other countries of the united kingdom;
nevertheless, hardly two weeks later (Feb. 11, 1482) he appointed Vicar-General
Alfonso de San Capriani inquisitor-general for the kingdoms of Castile and
Leon, and seven other clericals, including Thomas de Torquemada (Turrecremata)
as inquisitors.
Thomas de Torquemada.
On
Oct. 17, 1483, Thomas de Torquemada, then sixty-three years of age and prior of
a monastery at Segovia, his native city, was appointed inquisitor-general. His
chief endeavor was to make the Inquisition more effective. Tribunals were
established in quick succession at Cordova, Jaen, and Ciudad Real. At Cordova,
seat of the oldest tribunal next to Seville, the first inquisitors were Pedro
Martinez de Barrio and Alvar Gonzalez; and one of the first to be condemned was
Pedro Fernandez de Alcaudete, treasurer of a church (Ad. de Castro,
"Judios en España," p. 118; "Boletin Acad. Hist." v. 401 et
seq.). The first inquisitors at Jaen were Juan Garcia de Canas, chaplain to
their majesties, and Juan de Yarca, prior of a monastery at Toledo. The
tribunal at Ciudad Real, whose first inquisitors were Pedro Diaz de Costana and
Francisco Sanchez de la Fuente, existed only two years. From Feb. 6, 1484, to
May 6, 1485, ten autos da fé were held in that city, the largest being
celebrated Feb. 23-24, 1484, and March 15, 1485. On Feb. 23 about 26 Maranos of
either sex suffered at the stake, among them Alvaro de Belmonte, Pero Çarça,
Maestre Fernando (known as "el Licenciado de Cordova"), and Maria
Gonsales la Pampana. Juan Gonsales Pampana, husband of the last-named, was burned
in effigy on the following day together with 41 others, some of whom, like him,
had fled, and some of whom had died. On March 15, 1485, not less than 8 were
burned alive and 54 in effigy. One of the former was Juan Gonsales Escogido,
who was reputed to be a rabbi and "Confesor de los Confesos" (Process
of Maria Gonsales la Pampana and of Juan G. Escogido, published, after the acts
of the Inquisition, in "Boletin Acad. Hist." xx. 485 et seq.,
xxii. 189 et seq.). In May, 1485, the tribunal of Ciudad Real was
transferred to Toledo.
This post is in reply to the Reverend Ken Raggio's (Minister, Author of 9 Books) misinformation on Church History.
Cletus Z. Wingfield®@CletusWingfield
This post is in reply to the Reverend Ken Raggio's (Minister, Author of 9 Books) misinformation on Church History.
Cletus Z. Wingfield®@CletusWingfield
@kenraggiocom Islam today is what "aggressive christianity" was in the middle ages. (just saying)
- Ken Raggio @kenraggiocom@CletusWingfield That was not aggressive Christianity. That was militant Roman Catholicism. No relationship whatsoever.
- Cletus Z. Wingfield® @CletusWingfield @kenraggiocom William Tyndale might disagree. The Jews of Franconia, Bavaria & Austria might disagree also 1298 C.E.
Jewish Persecution | Timeline of Judaism | History of AntiSemitism
Lesser Known Highlights of Jewish International
Relations In The Common Era (an Abbreviated sampling)
Sources: Church turned into torture chamber
[1] Marano (plural, Maranos, generally written Marranos):
Crypto-Jews of the Iberian Peninsula. The term, which is frequently derived from the New Testament phrase "maran atha" ("our Lord hath come"), denotes in Spanish "damned," "accursed," "banned"; also "hog," and in Portuguese it is used as an opprobrious epithet of the Jews because they do not eat pork.
Bibliography:
· There is as yet no history of the Inquisition having especial reference to Judaizers; such a work, which would be highly desirable, could be prepared only after a thorough examination of the records of the Inquisition. These are to be found at Madrid, Simancas, Seville, and Cordova, at Lisbon, Coimbra, and Evora.
· In addition to the sources mentioned in the text and in the article Auto da Fé, see Javier G. Rodrigo, Historia Verdadera de la Inquisicion, Madrid, 1876 et seq.;
· R. E. J. xv. 263, xviii. 231 et seq., xliii. 126 et seq.;
· E. N. Adler, in J. Q. R xiv. 698;
· Cardozo de Bethencourt, ib. xv. 251 et seq., xvi. 135 et seq.
· See also South and Central America.
26 Jews Burned Alive February 24th 1484
