Dr. Thomas Madden
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That's what inquisitio is, questionings.
Ask them some questions before it even goes to trial.
And we still do these things.
We call them things like inquests.
We don't want to use the word inquisition anymore.
So ask the questions and find out.
That way, you can find out if this person's actually a heretic.
More importantly, though, is that the vast majority of heretics in the Middle Ages were, particularly before the 12th century,
didn't mean to be heretics.
They just didn't know.
Someone were just loudmouths or whatever.
They thought they knew what the answer was.
But if they were actually presented and someone told them, what you're saying is not true.
Here, I'm going to tell you the truth.
Here's the faith.
They would say, oh, okay, thank you.
I didn't know that.
All right.
And then that way they could say, okay, now say it back to me.
And they could respond and they'd say, okay, fine, you're good.