History of the Inquisition, The
Philip Van Limborch
Number of quotes: 16
Book ID: 292 Page: 2
Section: 3A2
This crime is so widely extended by the Doctors of the Church of Rome, that they esteem as Heresy every Thing that is contrary to any received Opinion in the Church, although it be merely Philosophical, and hath no Foundation in the sacred Scripture.
Quote ID: 7396
Time Periods: 7
Book ID: 292 Page: 3
Section: 3A2A
Simancas gives a merry reason why they punish Hereticks so severely, instead of convincing them by Scripture of their Error and false Doctrine. We must not contend with Hereticks by Scripture, because by that our Victory will be uncertain and doubtful.So that ‘tis no wonder they should defend Doctrines, which have no Foundation in Scripture, by Force, and dreadful Punishments,….
Quote ID: 7397
Time Periods: 7
Book ID: 292 Page: 15
Section: 3A2A,3A2B
“This Confiscation of Effects, Lewis a Paramo derives from the Example of God, who, not contended with the Sentence of Death pronounced against our first Parents, drove Man from the Place of his Delights, stript of all his Goods, wounded in Naturals, and spoil’d of those Gifts that had been freely granted him,….
This Example, he saith, the most holy Tribunal of the Inquisition follows, confiscating by just proscription the Goods of Hereticks, and depriving them of all their Effects and Fortunes.
Quote ID: 7398
Time Periods: 7
Book ID: 292 Page: 15/16
Section: 3A2B
For ---- it is, that because the Goods of Hereticks are ipso jure confiscate, they become forfeited from the very Day of their Crime, so that all Donations by Hereticks, altho’ secretly made, are null and void. Even Portions given to Daughters, to support the Burthens of Matrimony, tho’ it be the duty of a Father to portion them out, or given to such as have taken on them the holy Vow of Monastick Life, are to be revoked and confiscate.
Quote ID: 7399
Time Periods: 7
Book ID: 292 Page: 16
Section: 3A2B
If any one gives a Legacy upon account of Death, and falls into Heresy, and his Goods become confiscate, the Legacy shall be recovered as void, and belongs to the Treasury equally with all the other Goods of the Heretick. If a husband bequeaths any Thing to his Wife, and his Memory be condemned for Heresy after his Death, such Donation shall be revoked,….
Quote ID: 7400
Time Periods: 7
Book ID: 292 Page: 16
Section: 3A2B
A Person however must be declared an Heretick by the Judge, before his Goods are actually confiscate.….
So that the Hereticks do, ipso jure, lose all Property in their Estates, yet they can’t be confiscated till after the declaratory Sentence is pronounced.
Quote ID: 7401
Time Periods: 7
Book ID: 292 Page: 17
Section: 3A2B
The Treasury of the Inquisition devours all.
Quote ID: 7402
Time Periods: 7
Book ID: 292 Page: 20
Section: 3A2B
The next Punishment that follows this Confiscation of Goods, is the disinheriting the Children, insomuch that tho’ they are Catholicks, they can never inherit the Estates of their Fathers who died in Heresy.
Quote ID: 7403
Time Periods: 7
Book ID: 292 Page: 20
Section: 3A2B
But if a Son accuses his heretical Father, as his Reward, he is freed from the Penalties ordained against the Children of Hereticks, according to the Law of the Emperor Frederick.
Quote ID: 7404
Time Periods: 7
Book ID: 292 Page: 21
Section: 3A2A,3A2B
Subjects, when the Prince or Magistrate is an Heretick, are freed from their Obedience. Thus it hath often happened, that Kings pronounced Hereticks by the Pope, have, with all their Posterity, been deprived of all their Dignities, Jurisdictions and Rights, their Subjects absolved from their Oaths of Allegiance and Fidelity, and their Dominions given as Prey to others.
Quote ID: 7405
Time Periods: 7
Book ID: 292 Page: 21
Section: 3A2B
The very Children, Brothers and Sisters of Hereticks, ought to forsake them. Yea, the very Band of Matrimony with such is dissolved. For if any one departs from the Orthodox Faith, and fall into Heresy, His Wife is not obliged to cohabit with him, but may seek to be separated from him by the Judgment of the Church, such Separation of the Bed being as reasonable upon account of spiritual Fornication, as for carnal.
Quote ID: 7406
Time Periods: 7
Book ID: 292 Page: 22
Section: 3A2A,3A2B
This then is one Part of the Punishment of Hereticks, and what tends to render them more odious, that Faith is not to be kept with them. For if it is not to be kept with Tyrants, Pirates, and other publick Robbers, because they kill the Body, much less is it to be kept with obstinate Hereticks, who destroy the Soul. And therefore certain Hereticks were most justly burnt by the grave Decree of the Council of Constance, tho’ they had the Promise of Security.
Quote ID: 7407
Time Periods: 7
Book ID: 292 Page: 23
Section: 3A2A
Moreover, all Places of Refuge, which are open to Malefactors and the worstOf Villains, are denied to Hereticks, as tho’ they were the very Off-scouring of the Earth, and had put off the very human Nature at the same time they did the Roman Religion.
Quote ID: 7408
Time Periods: 7
Book ID: 292 Page: 24
Section: 3A2A
When any one is declared an Heretick by the Sentence of the Judge, any Man, by his own private Authority, may seize, plunder and kill him, as an Enemy or Robber, even tho’ he be a Clergyman. He may be capitally punished as a Deserter, and attacked with Impunity where-ever he is found.
Quote ID: 7409
Time Periods: 7
Book ID: 292 Page: 25
Section: 3A2A
The last Punishment of Hereticks is that of Death, and that not the common one, but the most terrible that can be inflicted, viz to be burnt alive.
Quote ID: 7410
Time Periods: 7
Book ID: 292 Page: 27
Section: 3A2A
Sometimes this Punishment of Burning is heightened by another kind of Cruelty. In Spain and the Netherlands, lest they should speak to the Spectators when brought to the Stake, and piously testify their Constancy, they were gagged with an Iron Instrument, so that in the Midst of their Torments they could utter only an inarticulate Sound.
Quote ID: 7411
Time Periods: 7
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