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revised "be allowed free after repenting" to "be allowed freedom after repenting"
Several major inquisitions took place, under the management of differing departments.
Several major inquisitions took place, under the management of differing departments.
Many of these inquisitions are known to have used brutal torture to extract confessions from accused heretics. While many of these accused heretics would be allowed free after repenting their views and stating their loyalty to the Church, a significant number - consisting almost entirely of those who refused to repent - were executed by a variety of deliberately painful methods including burning at the stake while alive, boiling in oil and the 'breaking wheel.'
Many of these inquisitions are known to have used brutal torture to extract confessions from accused heretics. While many of these accused heretics would be allowed freedom after repenting their views and stating their loyalty to the Church, a significant number - consisting almost entirely of those who refused to repent - were executed by a variety of deliberately painful methods including burning at the stake while alive, boiling in oil and the 'breaking wheel.'
Execution was never carried out by the church directly for theological reasons, but by secular authorities. This procedure was clarified in the ''Ad exstirpanda'' papal bull written by Pope Innocent IV in 1252, which also authorized the use of torture for extracting confessions from the accused and recommended burning at the stake as the appropriate punishment for those found guilty and unrepentant. ''Ad exstirpanda'' marked the beginning of one of the most brutal periods of Inquisition.
Execution was never carried out by the church directly for theological reasons, but by secular authorities. This procedure was clarified in the ''Ad exstirpanda'' papal bull written by Pope Innocent IV in 1252, which also authorized the use of torture for extracting confessions from the accused and recommended burning at the stake as the appropriate punishment for those found guilty and unrepentant. ''Ad exstirpanda'' marked the beginning of one of the most brutal periods of Inquisition.