As more and more folks in the US start to tingle gleefully at the possibility of the rejection of science and reason in everyday life and in their children’s schools, their vision of a brave new world based on censorship and violent rebuke driving “Christian” soldiers ever onward to political power, along comes a reminder of life under the inquisition.
Italy Magazine reports:
Dozens of priceless documents revealing the secrets of the Roman Inquisition go on public show for the first time ever this week in an exhibition in the Italian capital.
The display at the Vittoriano museum in Rome includes a collection of maps of Jewish settlements across Italy plus bans and decrees from the Inquisition’s Index of Forbidden Books and more.
Everyone should go, just to see what it was like. Sure, I know, you have nothing you need to hide…
Did you know:
The last notable action of the Roman Inquisition occurred in 1858, in Bologna, when Inquisition agents kidnapped a 6-year-old Jewish boy, Edgardo Mortara, separating him from his family.1 The local inquisitor had learned that the boy was secretly baptised by his nursemaid. Pope Pius IX raised the boy as a Catholic in Rome. The boy’s father, Momolo Montara, spent years seeking help in all quarters, including internationally, to try to reclaim his son. The case received international attention and fueled the anti-papal sentiments that helped the Italian Nationalism movement.2 ~ Roman Inquisition – Wikipedia
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