The Inquisition

*Recorded November 27 2017* This episode addresses the origins and function of the various  institutions that that have gone under the name of "inquisition" in the  Catholic Church since the Middle Ages, and separates the history of  those institutions from the many myths surrounding them in our popular  culture. It give a broad overview of how the Church has treated heretics, how an "inquisition" as a legal process was established in the Middle Ages, debunks some myths about its destructiveness, and explains how it came to used in propaganda against the Church from the Reformation onward.   Please subscribe to our podcast on Anchor and check out Controversies in Church History on our other platforms. LINKS: YouTube Website SOCIAL: Facebook Twitter