Inquisition

religious procedure in the ancient régime to persecute those not aligned with Catholic teachings of the Catholic Church
Organization religious_organization Q43173
Inquisition
Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Inquisition

Summary

Inquisition is a religious organization[1]. Inquisition ranks in the top 3% of religious_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,874 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Inquisition's instance of is recorded as religious organization[3].
  • Inquisition's instance of is recorded as tribunal[4].
  • Inquisition's instance of is recorded as legal system[5].
  • Inquisition's instance of is recorded as type of Roman Catholic institution[6].
  • Inquisition's instance of is recorded as ecclesiastical court[7].
  • Inquisition is part of Catholic Church[8].
  • Inquisition's Commons category is recorded as Inquisition[9].
  • Inquisition's industry is recorded as religious congregations and associations[10].
  • Inquisition comprises Episcopal Inquisition[11].
  • Inquisition comprises Papal Inquisition[12].
  • Inquisition comprises Roman Inquisition[13].
  • Inquisition comprises Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office[14].
  • Inquisition comprises Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith[15].
  • Inquisition comprises Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith[16].
  • Inquisition began on 1184[17].
  • Inquisition's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Inquisition[18].
  • Inquisition's Commons gallery is recorded as Inquisition[19].
  • Inquisition's depicted by is recorded as Valenza Gradenigo al cospetto dell'inquisitore suo padre[20].
  • Inquisition's depicted by is recorded as Valenza Gradenigo before the Inquisition[21].
  • Inquisition's described by source is recorded as Vlastenský slovník historický[22].
  • Inquisition's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[23].
  • Inquisition's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24].
  • Inquisition's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25].
  • Inquisition's described by source is recorded as Infernal Dictionary, 6th ed.[26].
  • Inquisition's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[27].

Body

Identity

Inquisition is part of Catholic Church[8].

Industry

Inquisition's industry is recorded as religious congregations and associations[10].

Why It Matters

Inquisition ranks in the top 3% of religious_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,874 views/month).[2] Inquisition has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Inquisition is known by 74 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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