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#331 Catholics and Inquisitions (Part 2) - Christopher Check

Catholic Answers Focus

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Do You Think Jesus Would, Uh, Want Us to Torture Other People?

For the first 30 years of the medieval inquisition, we don't see torture at all. Even early inquisitor Nicholas Emmerich says confessions received under torture are of dubious merit. Torture was used in some rare circumstances in time but even the methods associated with this become quite refined. A doctor had to be present, no threat to life or limb and it couldn't be applied for more than a 15 minute period.

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