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The term '''inquisition''' can refer to either an investigation by the [[Roman Catholic]] Church into accusations of heresy, or to the department appointed to perform such investigations. The original purpose of the inquisition was to protect the rights of the accused against the unrestricted prosecution of rulers and princes. The Office of Inquisition is currently titled the ''Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith'' since 1965, but was formerly been titled the ''Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office,'' and prior to that the ''Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition.'' The Inquisition has been the subject of [[polemic]] against the [[Catholic Church]] by [[Protestantism|Protestants]], and has been carefully studied and demythologized by professional historians and scholars of different faiths and backgrounds to clear away inaccuracies, exaggerations and misunderstandings of the actual facts of the matter. Their findings have been disputed, even when indisputable evidence has been found and published, independently corroborating their research.

The term '''inquisition''' can refer to either an investigation by the [[Roman Catholic]] Church into accusations of heresy, or to the department appointed to perform such investigations. The original purpose of the inquisition was to protect the rights of the accused against the unrestricted prosecution of rulers and princes. The Office of the Inquisition is currently titled the ''Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith'' since 1965, but was formerly been titled the ''Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office,'' and prior to that the ''Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition.'' The Inquisition has been the subject of [[polemic]] against the [[Catholic Church]] by [[Protestantism|Protestants]], and has been carefully studied and demythologized by professional historians and scholars of different faiths and backgrounds to clear away inaccuracies, exaggerations and misunderstandings of the actual facts of the matter. Their findings have been disputed, even when indisputable evidence has been found and published, independently corroborating their research.

Several major inquisitions took place, under the management of differing departments.

Several major inquisitions took place, under the management of differing departments.

The sufferings and martyrdoms of Protestants are recounted in [[Foxe's Book of Martyrs]]. The persecutions of [[Anabaptists]] and other radical dissenters from earlier centuries is chronicled in the more extensive work, [[Martyr's Mirror]]. Both works have been subjected to critical historical analysis and have been found by non-Catholic scholars to be poorly researched, flawed, inaccurate, and most of its descriptions of persecutions exaggerated.<ref>[https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/18084/is-there-scholarly-concensus-on-the-historicity-of-foxes-book-of-martyrs "Is there scholarly consensus on the historicity of Foxe's Book of Martyrs?" (christianity.stackexchange.com)].</ref><ref>The most careful examination of his methods is to be found in Maitland, ''Essays on the Reformation in England'' (1849), and in Gairdner, ''History of the English Church from the ascension of Henry VIII to the Death of Mary'' (1903); Lee in Dict. of Nat. Biog. Gerard, ''John Foxe and His Book of Martyrs'' (Catholic Truth Society, London), includes the opinions of a number of Foxe's critics.</ref> What is generally less well-known to the public, but well-known to historians of the Medieval period and the Renaissance, is the reality of an equally bloody Protestant Inquisition.  

The sufferings and martyrdoms of Protestants are recounted in [[Foxe's Book of Martyrs]]. The persecutions of [[Anabaptists]] and other radical dissenters from earlier centuries is chronicled in the more extensive work, [[Martyr's Mirror]]. Both works have been subjected to critical historical analysis and have been found by non-Catholic scholars to be poorly researched, flawed, inaccurate, and most of its descriptions of persecutions exaggerated.<ref>[https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/18084/is-there-scholarly-concensus-on-the-historicity-of-foxes-book-of-martyrs "Is there scholarly consensus on the historicity of Foxe's Book of Martyrs?" (christianity.stackexchange.com)].</ref><ref>The most careful examination of his methods is to be found in Maitland, ''Essays on the Reformation in England'' (1849), and in Gairdner, ''History of the English Church from the ascension of Henry VIII to the Death of Mary'' (1903); Lee in Dict. of Nat. Biog. Gerard, ''John Foxe and His Book of Martyrs'' (Catholic Truth Society, London), includes the opinions of a number of Foxe's critics.</ref> What is generally less well-known to the public, but well-known to historians of the Medieval period and the Renaissance, is the reality of an equally bloody Protestant Inquisition.  

*[http://catholicapologetics.info/apologetics/protestantism/protin.htm '''The Protestant Inquisition: "Reformation"''' (catholicapologetics.info)]

*[http://catholicapologetics.info/apologetics/protestantism/protin.htm '''The Protestant Inquisition: "Reformation"''' (catholicapologetics.info)] <small>

::[http://catholicapologetics.info/apologetics/protestantism/protin.htm#I. I. PROTESTANT INTOLERANCE: AN INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW] <br>[http://catholicapologetics.info/apologetics/protestantism/protin.htm#II. II. PROTESTANT DIVISIONS AND MUTUAL ANIMOSITIES] <br>[http://catholicapologetics.info/apologetics/protestantism/protin.htm#III. III. PLUNDER AS AN AGENT OF RELIGIOUS REVOLUTION] <br>[http://catholicapologetics.info/apologetics/protestantism/protin.htm#IV. IV. SYSTEMATIC SUPPRESSION OF CATHOLICISM] <br>[http://catholicapologetics.info/apologetics/protestantism/protin.htm#V. V. VIOLENT RADICALISM AND THE PROTESTANT REVOLUTION] <br>[http://catholicapologetics.info/apologetics/protestantism/protin.htm#VI. VI. DEATH AND TORTURE FOR CATHOLICS AND PROTESTANT DISSIDENTS] <br>[http://catholicapologetics.info/apologetics/protestantism/protin.htm#VII. VII. PROTESTANT WITCH HUNTS] <br>[http://catholicapologetics.info/apologetics/protestantism/protin.htm#VIII. VIII. PROTESTANT CENSORSHIP]  

::[http://catholicapologetics.info/apologetics/protestantism/protin.htm#I. I. PROTESTANT INTOLERANCE: AN INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW] <br>[http://catholicapologetics.info/apologetics/protestantism/protin.htm#II. II. PROTESTANT DIVISIONS AND MUTUAL ANIMOSITIES] <br>[http://catholicapologetics.info/apologetics/protestantism/protin.htm#III. III. PLUNDER AS AN AGENT OF RELIGIOUS REVOLUTION] <br>[http://catholicapologetics.info/apologetics/protestantism/protin.htm#IV. IV. SYSTEMATIC SUPPRESSION OF CATHOLICISM] <br>[http://catholicapologetics.info/apologetics/protestantism/protin.htm#V. V. VIOLENT RADICALISM AND THE PROTESTANT REVOLUTION] <br>[http://catholicapologetics.info/apologetics/protestantism/protin.htm#VI. VI. DEATH AND TORTURE FOR CATHOLICS AND PROTESTANT DISSIDENTS] <br>[http://catholicapologetics.info/apologetics/protestantism/protin.htm#VII. VII. PROTESTANT WITCH HUNTS] <br>[http://catholicapologetics.info/apologetics/protestantism/protin.htm#VIII. VIII. PROTESTANT CENSORSHIP] </small>

*[http://www.biblicalcatholic.com/apologetics/num37.htm '''The Protestant Inquisition: The English Reformation''' (biblicalcatholic.com)]

*[http://www.biblicalcatholic.com/apologetics/num37.htm '''The Protestant Inquisition: The English Reformation''' (biblicalcatholic.com)]