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4 days ago · Inquisition: 1 n a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy Examples: Spanish Inquisition an inquisition initiated in 1478 by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella that guarded the orthodoxy of Catholicism in Spain (especially from the 15th to the 17th centuries) Congregation of the ...
3 days ago · John N.D. Kelly The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Apologist, any of the Christian writers, primarily in the 2nd century, who attempted to provide a defense of Christianity and criticisms of Greco-Roman culture. Many of their writings were addressed to Roman emperors and were written to address charges against their religion.
2 days ago · Catharism ( / ˈkæθərɪzəm / KATH-ər-iz-əm; [1] from the Ancient Greek: καθαροί, romanized : katharoí, "the pure ones" [2]) was a Christian quasi- dualist or pseudo- Gnostic movement which thrived in Southern Europe, particularly in northern Italy and southern France, between the 12th and 14th centuries. [3] Denounced as a ...
3 days ago · Monophysitism: 1 n a Christian heresy of the 5th and 6th centuries that challenged the orthodox definition of the two natures (human and divine) in Jesus and instead believed there was a single divine nature Type of: heresy , unorthodoxy a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion theological doctrine the doctrine of a religious group
3 days ago · Sufism (Arabic: الصوفية, romanized: al-Ṣūfiyya or Arabic: التصوف, romanized: al-Taṣawwuf) is a mystic body of religious practice found within Islam which is characterized by a focus on Islamic purification, spirituality, ritualism and asceticism.
2 days ago · The above — all of it — fell into the capable hands of the Jesuit theologian St. Robert Bellarmine (1542-1621). He was born right in the midst of the Protestant Reformation, and was once described by one of his contemporaries, Cardinal Valfiero, as “the greatest little man on earth.”. Despite his small stature, his literary output was ...
5 days ago · v. t. e. The Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition ( Spanish: Tribunal del Santo Oficio de la Inquisición ), commonly known as the Spanish Inquisition ( Inquisición española ), was established in 1478 by the Catholic Monarchs, King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile.
