Torquemada became inquisitor-general of Spain
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On this day in 1483 Tomas de Torquemada appointed inquisitor-general of Spain.
He was a friar appointed to find and punish heretics.
Unfortunately that methodology and actuality of his caseload rendered him a baseless murderer in the name of the Catholic church.
He was born at Valladolid in 1420 and died at Avila on September 16, 1498.
It is estimated that some 8800 suffered murder by fire while another 9654 were tortured using other methods.
Another 2000 jews were burned as supposed "impenitent sinners".
Surely history holds the fanatical Torquemada and his brutal run from 1485-1498 as a crime against humanity.
I'm afraid the apologetics rendered by the Catholic Church just didn't do it for me personally.
If ever reparations were indicated it is by them for their murderous rampage in the name of hunting down heretics.
Let it be said that parts of the Catholic Church can only be considered evil incarnate for taking undue liberties with the purview of the almighty.
The penal standards of the fifteenth century certainly were lacking.
The tragedy continues with the idiot queer loving Pope Francis and the mess he with his irresponsible unaccountable partner in crime Pope Benedict XVI resulting in an unholy woke chaos called the Holy See.
See Also:
Torture and Suffering in the name of God
'hemorrhage' of Catholic priests and nuns