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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 85. Chapters: Tertullian, Marrano, Spanish Inquisition, Martin Luther and antisemitism, Antinomianism, Michèle Renouf, Goa Inquisition, Petrus Alphonsi, Judaizers, On the Jews and Their Lies, Religious antisemitism, Otto Weininger, Disputation of Tortosa, Alhambra Decree, Marcion of Sinope, Johannes Pfefferkorn, Riccoldo da Monte di Croce, Disputation of Barcelona, Portuguese Inquisition, Paul of Burgos, Woes of the Pharisees, Tolerance tax, Theologico-Political Treatise, Bernardine of Feltre, The Goa Inquisition, Epistle to Diognetus, Vom Schem Hamphoras, Constantine's Sword, Old Christian, Caeca et Obdurata, Alphonso de Spina, Radulphe, Anastasius I of Antioch, Victor von Carben. Excerpt: The Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition (Spanish: ), commonly known as the Spanish Inquisition (Inquisición española), was a tribunal established in 1480 by Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile. It was intended to maintain Catholic orthodoxy in their kingdoms, and to replace the Medieval Inquisition which was under Papal control. The Inquisition was originally intended in large part to ensure the orthodoxy of those who converted from Judaism and Islam. This regulation of the faith of the newly converted was intensified after the royal decrees issued in 1492 and 1501 ordering Jews and Muslims to convert or leave. Various motives have been proposed for the monarchs' decision to fund the Inquisition such as increasing political authority, weakening opposition, suppressing conversos, profiting from confiscation of the property of convicted heretics, reducing social tensions and protecting the kingdom from the danger of a fifth column. The body was under the direct control of the Spanish monarchy. It was not definitively abolished until 1834, during the reign of Isabella II, though it had ceased effective operation sometime earlier after a long decline. The Inquisition was created through papal bull, Ad Abolendam, issued at the end of the 12th century by Pope Lucius III as a way to combat the Albigensian heresy in southern France. There were a huge number of tribunals of the Papal Inquisition in various European kingdoms during the Middle Ages. In the Kingdom of Aragon, a tribunal of the Papal Inquisition was established by the statute of Excommunicamus of Pope Gregory IX, in 1232, during the era of the Albigensian heresy. Its principal representative was Ramon de Penyafort. With time, its importance was diluted, and, by the middle of the 15th century, it was almost forgotten although still there according to the law. There was never a tribunal of the Papal Inquisition in Castile. Members of the episcopate were charged with survei
