The Inquisition A Critical and Historical Study of the Coercive Power of the Church

by E. Vacandard

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Author: Vacandard, E. (Elphège), 1849-1927
Credits: Produced by David McClamrock
Language: English
LoC Class: BX: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: Churches, Church movements
Subject: Inquisition -- History
Category: Text
eBook-No.: 26329
Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26329
Release Date: August 16, 2008
Copyright: Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1.THE INQUISITION — NOTE TO THIS ELECTRONIC EDITION — PREFACE — CONTENTS — THE INQUISITION — CHAPTER II SECOND PERIOD FROM VALENTINIAN I To THEODOSIUS II THE CHURCH AND THE CRIMINAL CODE OF THE CHRISTIAN EMPERORS AGAINST HERESY — CHAPTER III THIRD PERIOD FROM 1100 TO 1250 THE REVIVAL OF THE MANICHEAN HERESIES IN THE MIDDLE AGES — CHAPTER IV FOURTH PERIOD FROM GRATIAN TO INNOCENT III THE INFLUENCE OF THE CANON LAW, AND THE REVIVAL OF THE ROMAN LAW — CHAPTER V THE CATHARAN OR ALBIGENSIAN HERESY—ITS ANTI-CATHOLIC AND ANTI-SOCIAL CHARACTER — CHAPTER VI FIFTH PERIOD GREGORY IX AND FREDERIC II THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MONASTIC INQUISITION — CHAPTER VI SIXTH PERIOD DEVELOPMENT OF THE INQUISITION INNOCENT IV AND THE USE OF TORTURE — CHAPTER VIII THEOLOGIANS, CANONISTS, AND CASUISTS OF THE INQUISITION — CHAPTER IX THE INQUISITION IN OPERATION — CHAPTER X A CRITICISM OF THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF THE INQUISITION

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