The Spanish Inquisition (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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The, Count divides the subject of his instructions into five separate Letters, of which the following are the brief, and gene ral outlines.

In the First, he shows, that the Inquisition is not, in the first place, a purely Ecclesiastical Tribunal - secondly, that the Ecclesiastics, who do form a portion of its members, never, on any occasion, concur in the sentence, which condemns any cri minal to death - thirdly, that they never condemn any one for any mere, or simple, Opinion - fourthly, that the Tribunal is a completely Royal institution, conducted under the control, and regulated by the will, of the Monarch.

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