Inquisition (disambiguation)
Appearance
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Inquisition may refer to:
- Inquisition, a group of institutions within the judicial system of the Catholic Church and also the Protestant Church whose objective was to combat heresy.
- Inquisitorial system, a common legal procedure where the tribunal is actively involved in determining the facts of the case
Historical events
- Goa Inquisition, run by Portuguese colonials in Goa for nearly 200 years
- Literary Inquisition in Chinese history
- Medieval Inquisition, including Episcopal Inquisition and Papal Inquisition
- Mexican Inquisition
- Inquisition of the Netherlands
- Peruvian Inquisition
- Portuguese Inquisition
- Roman Inquisition
- Spanish Inquisition, an ecclesiastical tribunal established in 1478 by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella to maintain Catholic orthodoxy in their kingdoms
- Venetian Holy Inquisition
Literature
- Inquisition: The Persecution and Prosecution of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, a book by Carlton Sherwood about Sun Myung Moon
- The New Inquisition, a book by Robert Anton Wilson critical of the application of the scientific method in the 20th century
- The Inquisition trilogy of trilogies, a Warhammer 40,000 9-book novel series composed of 3-trilogies by Dan Abnett
- Mass Effect: Inquisition, a 2010 webcomic based on the videogame series
- The Inquisition (underground newspaper), an underground newspaper from Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Film and TV
- Inquisition (film), a 1976 Spanish historical horror film
- Inquizition, a 1998–2001 game show
- "The Spanish Inquisition" (Monty Python), a comedy sketch from which the phrase "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!" originated
TV episodes
- "The Inquisition" (Captain Scarlet), an episode of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
- "Inquisition" (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- "Inquisition" (Stargate Atlantis), a 2008 episode of Stargate Atlantis.
- "Inquisition" (The Unit), an episode of The Unit
- "The Inquisition", the final episode of the British-American animated television series The Amazing World of Gumball
Music
- Inquisition (metal band), a Colombian-American black metal band
- Inquisition (punk band), a hardcore punk band based in Richmond, Virginia, United States
- "Inquisition" (song), a single by Skinny Puppy
Videogaming
- Inquisition (video game), a 2002 video game by Wanadoo Edition
- Dragon Age: Inquisition, a 2014 videogame, the third installment of the Dragon Age series
- Heretic Kingdoms: The Inquisition, a 2004 videogame, first in the Heretic Kingdoms series
See also
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