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To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (2895)	3/10/2008 6:04:31 PM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2926

Every time during our history when people lose focus and touch with reality the crazies come along to add their perspective and confound. Spanish Inquisition The Spanish Inquisition was set up by King Ferdinand of Aragon and Queen Isabella of Castile in 1478 with the approval of Pope Sixtus IV. In contrast to the previous inquisitions, it operated completely under royal authority, though staffed by secular clergy and orders, and independently of the Holy See. It aimed primarily at converts from Judaism and Islam (who were still residing in Spain after the end of the Moorish control of Spain), who were suspected of either continuing to adhere to their old religion (often after having been converted under duress) or having fallen back into it, and later at Protestants; in Sicily and Southern Italy, which were under Spanish rule, it targeted Greek Orthodox Christians. After religious disputes waned in the 17th century, the Spanish Inquisition more and more developed into a secret police against internal threats to the state. The Spanish Inquisition would subsequently be employed in certain Spanish colonies such as Peru and Mexico. Also the Philippines, Guatemala, New Granada, and the Canary Islands were affected by the Inquisition. The Spanish Inquisition continued in the Americas until Mexican Independence. In South America the Inquisition was abolished by Bolívar, and in Spain it was not abolished in Europe until 1834. en.wikipedia.org