A History of the Holy Catholic InquisitionH. Perkins, 1835 - 188 pages |
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Page 63 - from which it is our pleasure that you should be absolved, provided, that you do first, with a sincere heart, and a true faith, abjure, curse, and detest before us, the aforesaid errors and heresies, and every other error and heresy contrary to the Catholic and Apostolic Roman church, in the form which shall be prescribed to you by us.
Page 114 - had undergone a change in some respects, and that its terrors were mitigated. " I had already discovered, from written or printed documents, that the inquisition of Goa was suppressed by royal edict in 1775, and established again in 1779, subject to certain restrictions; the chief of which are the
Page 116 - of my fellow-creatures who had passed through this place, condemned by a tribunal of their fellow-sinners, their bodies devoted to the flames, and their souls to perdition, and I could not help saying to him—' Would not the holy church wish, in her mercy, to have those
Page iii - naught to her; she laughed at groans, •No music pleased her more; and no repast So sweet to her, as blood of men redeemed By blood of Christ. Ambition's self, though mad, And nursed in human gore, with her compared, Was merciful.
Page 119 - said at the inquisition, and I determined to go back again. The inquisitors were now sitting on the tribunal, and I had some excuse for returning, for I was to receive from the chief inquisitor a letter which he said he would give me before I left the place.
Page 112 - pen in my hand to write a few notes in my journal, and, as if to amuse him while I was writing, I took up Dellon's book, which was lying with some others on the table, and handing it across to him, asked him
Page 117 - inquiries in a general way. I urged him with earnestness, but he steadily resisted, and seemed to be offended, or rather agitated by my importunity. I intimated to him plainly, that the only way to do justice to his assertions and arguments regarding the present state of the inquisition, was to show me the prisons and the captives. I should then describe
Page iii - pleased to hear a deeper groan. The supplicating hand of innocence, That made the tiger mild, and in its wrath The lion pause, the groans of suffering most Severe, were naught to her; she laughed at groans, •No music pleased her more; and no repast So sweet to her, as blood of men redeemed By blood of Christ. Ambition's self, though mad, And nursed
Page 116 - souls back again, that she might allow them a little farther probation ?' The inquisitor answered nothing, but beckoned me to go with him to a door at one end of the hall. By this door he conducted me to
Page 119 - When I arrived at the inquisition, and had ascended the outer stairs, the door-keepers surveyed me doubtingly, but suffered me to pass, supposing that I had returned by permission and appointment of the inquisitor. I entered the great hall, and went up directly