Would we benefit from a modern Inquisition?

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Would it be a good idea to start an Inquisition to get rid of heretics and misinformation concerning the Catholic Church? Or would this cause more harm than good?
 
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Would it be a good idea to start an Inquisition to get rid of heretics and misinformation concerning the Catholic Church? Or would this cause more harm than good?
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As long as there is no burning at the stake or torturing this time.

Seriously though, I figure if people are in church at all, there must be a reason they have voluntarily gone there so why shut them out? Everyone is at different stages of their faith journey.
 
We have one. The Inquisition was never eliminated. It was simply given a new name. It’s now called the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and our Pope used to be the leader of it. :cool:
 
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My opinion is that we need one, but more closely watched than the last one. 😉
 
Yes, we need one. As far as people sitting at different places in their faith, there is a big difference between trying to learn more and adamitly believing in something contrary to the Catholic faith. Many catholic operate under false assumptions because no one tells them otherwise (abortion, contraceptives etc.) We need a spring cleaning of our parishes to get rid of all the junk and dust that is preventing Catholics from truly knowing and living their faith.
 
So…the Inqusition is alive and well in Rome, headed up by Cardinal Lavada. Now all we have to do is convince the civil governments to punish those we find wanting. Closest thing I can see to this working is those goverments in Muslim countries who support the Sharia. It would probably be easier to convert to Islam and move to one of those countries than to get the job done here or in Europe.
 
As long as we can start with the Seventh Day Adventists, if ever there was a Church in need of a good old fashioned inquisition it’s the SDA’s… 👍
 
No one is suggesting that people be punished by any other means than excommunication and making it known who is in line with the Church and who isn’t. THAT is all we need. Well, that and some programs established to teach the faith correctly.
 
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No one is suggesting that people be punished by any other means than excommunication and making it known who is in line with the Church and who isn’t.
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Speak for yourself. 😉

We need an Inquisition smilie.

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition smilie!
 
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No one is suggesting that people be punished by any other means than excommunication and making it known who is in line with the Church and who isn’t. THAT is all we need. Well, that and some programs established to teach the faith correctly.
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I think you’re concerned about people like…oh, I don’t know…politicians and other public Catholics whose disagreement with orthodox doctrine would cause scandal?

Otherwise, if a person in the pew decides to quietly keep his heterodoxy to himself (with occasional recourse to his anonymous blog rantings), then the possibility of scandal would not exist.
 
Those in the public eye, yes, but also organizations and parishes and diocese (sp?) People need to be corrected, other wise the mistakes go unchanged and they will simply worsen with time. We need some officals from Rome to come around and visit parishes to to a “spiritual health inspection.” they have inspections for restaurants, you know, places that serve food for our body!! Why not have 'em for places that ‘serve’ us the food for our souls!!!
 
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We have one. The Inquisition was never eliminated. It was simply given a new name. It’s now called the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and our Pope used to be the leader of it. :cool:
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But is it doing the job? I think that it could be a little more aggressive in stamping out heresy.
 
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But is it doing the job? I think that it could be a little more aggressive in stamping out heresy.
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Most of them are resurgances of old heresies with which the church has already dealt. Maybe a stronger reiteration of those teachings and why they are in place.

However the church in it’s main mission is to evangelize. Spending more time stamping out old (and some new) heresies than evangelizing and being a light of the world detracts from the main commission of the church. That doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be dealt with, but there are places of priority.

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:hmmm: I am ambivalent. But, I have a good friend who says that those in the Church will be judged to a higher standard, so it is a work of mercy to excommunicate heretics.

Would it fall under admonish the sinner.?

By sheer numbers, it would take up so much time, the Church would have little time for Her other work.

Probably a bad idea.
 
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