Original sentence: Paul Suris states that official Church teachings have neither absolutely condemned nor promoted capital punishment but toleration of it has fluctuated throughout the ages.The Inquisitions provide the most memorable instance of Church support for capital punishment although some historians considered these more lenient than the secular courts of the period
Edited sentence: According to Avery Dulles, during the Middle Ages and into the modern period, the Inquisition was authorized by the Holy See to turn over heretics to secular authority for execution, and the Papal States carried out executions for a variety of offences.According to Paul Suris, official Church teachings have neither absolutely condemned nor promoted capital punishment but toleration of it has fluctuated throughout the ages