The Inquisition was not the first of its kind in Spain, and its original intention was not to carry out religious and social terror. The word "inquisition" means simply, "official, judicial trial." In this context, the Inquisition means Rome.

The Catholic Church held trials for possible heresy.

However, at this time, the Inquisition had no intention, and in fact had no power, to physically mutilate suspects under trial. The standard punishment for heretics was humiliating penance, such as being forced to go on a pilgrimage to a holy site, or having a "

The word "ten". As long as the punished person corrects their sins and performs appropriate self-punishment, the shame will be washed away and they will be re-accepted by the church. Only in rare cases, where the heretics refuse to admit their mistakes, or

If they continue to spread heresy, they will be handed over to the secular government for judicial trial and punishment.

Bernardo Gui was a Dominican monk and religious inquisitor. From 1307 to 1324, he convicted as many as 1,000 heretics. He also recorded his working methods and experiences in detail, and assembled

It became a 394-page masterpiece "The Conduct of Inquiry Concerning Heretical Depravity". The book has a total of 5 chapters. The first 3 chapters discuss procedural issues, such as the procedures for interrogating suspects and how to organize the court. Chapter 4 is about

A rehash of the same old story about how papal bulls defined the powers of the Inquisition. The final chapter details what constituted heresy—at least in his view. The most interesting thing about this best-seller of the early church is its teaching on religion.

How does an inquisitor interrogate a suspected heretic? Just like the trick used by famous lawyers in modern society, never let the witness take the initiative. The questions asked should be as tricky and weird as possible and full of traps, and a little negligence in the answers will do.

Label innocent people as heretics.

The key in this process is to make the witnesses confused and lose their judgment. The "Spanish chair" is just an auxiliary, thus setting the tone of the Inquisition.

By 1401, 70 years after the disbandment of the Knights Templar, the international Inquisition began to take shape, and torture and divine judgment were also widely used.

In order to improve the effectiveness of repression, they encourage the public to cooperate with the authorities, report and expose suspicious elements among neighbors, friends, and family members. Once accused, the procedure is immutable. No matter how absurd the evidence seems, it will be scrutinized by the religious inquisitors.

Review to determine whether the evidence is sufficient to warrant arrest. In order to ensure that the informants avoid public condemnation, their names, like other proceedings of the tribunal, are always kept secret.

When a warrant was issued for an arrest, a group of inquisitors, priests and heavily armed soldiers rushed to the suspect's home - often late at night. If the suspect resisted arrest, they would tie him up tightly and keep him in the Inquisition.

While in the dungeon, their property was confiscated, and the official line was that it was used to pay for expenses incurred during their imprisonment and interrogation.

For fear of torture, the accused are of course willing to confess, but in most cases they do not know what they are accused of, so it is impossible to confess or defend themselves. After the initial trial, the suspects were dragged into the prison surrounded by black curtains.

In the tightly secured basement, behind a table at the other end of the room, there sat an inquisitor, an inspector, a secretary, and a torturer dressed entirely in black robes, with only two eyes exposed.

, standing solemnly next to them are numerous horrific instruments of torture. These people all know one fact, but the torturers have no idea at all, that is, the subsequent torture will be divided into 5 different stages. First, verbal intimidation of the suspect,

Inform him that he will be tortured. Secondly, show him the torture tools. Thirdly, blindfold the suspect. Fourthly, torture him. Finally, give him another chance to confess. If he still insists on his innocence at this time,

Then repeat steps 4 and 5 on him or her without restriction until he or she pleads guilty or dies. This procedure is applicable to everyone regardless of age, gender, or social status. Types and methods of torture

The choice is completely random. The only deciding factors are the mood of the inquisitor and the inspector, as well as the torture facilities available at hand. In the absence of exquisite torture instruments, the inquisitors are very happy to use the ancient backup torture instruments-whips and long spears.

Rope. A writing by a Portuguese scribe records how common flogging was in the Inquisition.

Before 1535, Spain was a remote country in the eyes of Europeans. Although the news of Columbus's discovery of the New World spread throughout the "world" and brought back a large amount of gold and silver from the Andean civilization, the income generated still could not balance the expenditure of navigation.

Although Pope Sixtus IV agreed to the establishment of the Inquisition in Spain, he had been busy with the internal fighting in the Holy See and had no time to care about what happened in the Spanish Inquisition.

But no matter how far the distance was, some news inevitably reached the Pope's ears, so the Pope wrote to Ferdinand, asking him to rectify the Inquisition. "Many sincere and devout Christians have been punished by their enemies and opponents.

The unjust accusations of slaves and other inferior beings, without any investigation, were imprisoned in secular prisons, tortured and condemned like a stubborn infidel, deprived of their property, and delivered into the hands of secular authorities.

Execution poisoned their souls and set a harmful example for the public, causing resentment and indignation among most people."

Most of Spain's public officials are urban civilians, including farmers. Regarding this, the French Bourbon dynasty that once ruled Spain was very clear.

After their social status rose, they often claimed to be descendants of a certain noble, and the king would leave public affairs and judicial affairs to these scribes who were between nobles and commoners.

At this time, their former enemies had better hope that they are busy with their work or jealous that others have better jobs and forget about their own existence. Do not hope that you can escape Spain, because the punishment and pursuit of the Inquisition are not limited to Spain, it

It is international, and you may be hunted down even if you go to the New World.

We can imagine that a poor student, together with a large group of people from similar backgrounds to him, crowded the University of Barcelona, ​​waiting for "success and fame." During the waiting process, he was in a bad mood, not only because the waiting process was too

It took a long time, and because people kept "cutting in line" along the way, he was assigned his ideal position.

But he had to wait, because this was his only way out. At that time, Spain's economic situation was very bad. Unemployment had become a national misery. Young people who had reached working age could not find any job, and once they engaged in manual labor, it meant that

With the loss of status, although manual labor was still regarded as an honorable profession from the 10th to the 14th century, some outstanding workers would be promoted to knights.

Finally, it was his turn. Although the old people refused to leave, at that time, due to the limitations of medical standards and the threat of infectious diseases that could break out at any time, people were generally young. However, in this larger team, he was ranked first

At the end, if he wants to move up, he must keep working hard, so that he will forget the "enemies" in the past.

If he was seeking more power for revenge, that would be another story.

Even if the poor student did not join the ranks out of ambition and revenge, but just for the comfortable life of a priest, there would still be a problem.

There was no Inquisition in New England, and the witches were tried in Salem by secular courts. In fact, there is a very famous "habeas corpus" in English law, which can be obtained in the king's territory at any time.

A "highest priority" writ, this writ supersedes all proceedings. There are many cases in the file where the trial of the prisoner was terminated because of this writ of habeas corpus.

In order to eat the non-existent steak, Cypher decided to betray Morpheus and others, return to the matrix, and live the life he wanted.

He said that ignorance is a blessing.

In fact, he could have chosen the blue pill, but it was a pity that he did not want to be so ignorant at the time, or that he did not want to enjoy the blessings brought by ignorance.

No wonder he is on the movie poster and becomes one of the "four", even though he looks like an ordinary crew member and does not play as many roles as the driver.

He was indeed unusual. When others were about to run away when they saw the agent, he actually ate face to face with the agent, and someone was playing the harp in the restaurant.

This is what we call living, and the "real world" is more like a nightmare.

The end of the world, and the post-apocalyptic world? Don’t you think that’s a ridiculous joke?

He chose the smart approach because he is a smart man, unlike Neo who is a fool who refuses to cooperate.

As for whether it is "correct" or not, who cares? He is just tired of drinking "gruel" and wants to eat steak, that's all. He also has privileges over ordinary people, although it feels very good to be able to break through the rules of the matrix and "fly"

Yes, but after careful balancing, he found that this was what he really wanted, and everything in the restaurant was real.

What's out there? There's nothing, not even hope. It's better to go back.
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