Discussions, post-mortems, analysis, inflated egos, and all that jazz.

Funny) As soon as a political discussion started, Yura suddenly appeared out of nowhere :D As if he's constantly monitoring the forum in incognito mode)))

If there is no Inquisition, consider it a victory, and so on.

"Merciful execution without bloodshed" was actually rarely applied to heretics. Throughout the investigation, the accused was constantly offered to repent. If he agreed, he would most likely get away with public repentance ceremonies. It was also possible to wear special clothes that identified the former heretic as a punishment. A monetary fine was also quite common. At the same time, the accused was considered to have returned to the bosom of the church. In case of repeated conviction for heresy, the punishment was much more severe.

If the heretic persisted and did not want to repent (which was very rare), the church... what do you think? It renounced him! The Inquisition confirmed the guilt of the heretic, stated that he was no longer a good Christian, and handed him over to the secular authorities.

Death sentences usually accounted for about three percent of all sentences. We will probably never know the exact number of people killed. Based on the statistics of modern researchers, we can say that during its entire existence, the Inquisition sentenced from one to three tens of thousands of people to death. In all Catholic countries together and over several centuries.

For comparison, the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre alone claimed approximately the same number of lives. Those were wild times, and against that background, the Inquisition was a model of legality and virtue.

(c) https://masterok.livejournal.com/1555132.html

The cult of the superiority of strength over reason can be approximately defined as the source of all the ******* that happens. And accordingly, the adherents of this cult can be defined as adherents of evil on Earth.

You... please don't take this too seriously :). This cult arose with the appearance of the first single-celled organisms on Earth, and it will thrive until the end of all life. Yes, some people may not like it, but it is the norm and the default strategy that must be deliberately overcome each time.

However, things are not so bad, and humanity has made certain efforts to overcome this norm. For example, the concept of law arose in order to resolve disputes in a way other than fighting, and at the moment, within states (normal ones), the law is generally more powerful than other methods of people influencing each other.

The situation on the international stage is worse, but there are also certain shifts, the most significant of which is the UN (and before it - the Westphalian system). However, the events of recent years have shown that the UN has fundamental shortcomings, so after a certain amount of fighting, a more progressive instrument of international law will likely be formed. We'll see...