Chapter 6 An Account of the Persecutions in Italy, Under the Papacy We shall now enter on an account of the persecutions in Italy, a country  which has been, and still is, •1. The center of popery. •2. The seat of the pontiff. •3. The source of the various errors which have spread themselves over […]

Chapter 5 An Account of the Inquisition When the reformed religion began to diffuse the Gospel light throughout Europe, Pope Innocent III entertained great fear for the Romish Church. He accordingly instituted a number of inquisitors, or persons who were to make inquiry after, apprehend, and punish, heretics, as the reformed were called by the […]