The Inquistion

The Inquisition was a group of institutions within the government system of the Catholic Church whose aim was to combat public "heresy" committed by baptized Christians.
==Important information regarding the Inquisitions and witchcraft==
Contrary to the information presented in GURPS Religion the Malleus Maleficarum was not a Inquisition handbook. The work was in fact condemned by the Faculty of Cologne Inquisition for recommending unethical and illegal procedures as well a presenting a picture totally inconsistent with Catholic doctrines of demonology. That didn't prevent it from being used by the occasional "independent" witch hunter or secular court.
Ironically, the Spanish Inquisition (often portrayed as the worst of the Inquisitions) actually came out with its own manual regarding the trying and treatment of witches as a result of Witch Trials in Navarre (1609-1610). The manual's author, Inquisitor Alonso de Salazar Frías, is often called "The Witches’ Advocate" and his work would also become the go to work for the Roman Inquisition.
While there would be later witch trials no one prosecuted under Alonso de Salazar Frías's guidelines was executed by the Inquisition,
==Additional Information==
* Spanish Inquisition (Rationalwiki)
==Reference==
*GURPS Religion pg 50
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