[vmarks]

Originally Posted by undotwa

I condone the principle of the Inquisition, which was to define heresy and maintain orthodoxy within the Church. I do not condone however the means it was carried out, especially in Spain. It must be remembered however, the perils of the Spanish Inquisition is to this day over-exaggerated.

So it's just some coincidence that there are so few Jews left in Spain today. In all of Toledo, there is one Jew left.

[undotwa]

Originally Posted by vmarks

So it's just some coincidence that there are so few Jews left in Spain today. In all of Toledo, there is one Jew left.

The Sephardic Jews were not expelled by the Inquisition. They were however expelled as part of Ferdinand and Isabell's general intolerence of other ethnicities (of which intolerance it is clear that the Spanish Inquisition was a product).

We Christians have to acknowledge our faults, our imperfect humanity and that we too have been full of prejudice in the part. We too have committed acts which go against the grain of Jesus Christ's teaching. But in the process, we shouldn't let the modern day anti-Christian prejudice get in the way of a true understanding of the extent of Christian intolerance in the middle ages.

It is important to understand that while many Christians participated in these atrocities, many actually spoke against them.