inquisitions in English

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1
a period of prolonged and intensive questioning or investigation.
she relented in her determined inquisition and offered help
synonyms:interrogationquestioningquizzingcross-examinationinvestigationinquiryinquesthearinggrillingexamination
2
an ecclesiastical tribunal established by Pope Gregory IX circa 1232 for the suppression of heresy. It was active chiefly in northern Italy and southern France, becoming notorious for the use of torture. In 1542 the papal Inquisition was re-established to combat Protestantism, eventually becoming an organ of papal government.
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1. Inquisitions?

2. After the end of the fifteenth century, inquisitions were headed by a Grand Inquisitor.

3. Working with a combination of journalism and art, The Civilians creates theatrical events that seek to promote an inquisitions of current issues.

4. 27 Thus the use of fire and sword or scimitar and torture and inquisitions in order to force people into Christianity is absolutely barred by Jesus Christ himself.

5. And this he has done, referring to the most controversial pages of Catholic history—the Crusades, wars, support of dictatorships, division in the churches, anti-Semitism, the Inquisitions, the Mafia, and racism.

6. (1 John 3:10-12) Killing people in the name of God, whether during inquisitions or in wars, is similar to the ancient practice of sacrificing children to false gods, a thing that Almighty God says he ‘had not commanded and that had not come up into his heart.’ —Jeremiah 7:31.