Edward A. Ryan
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Rector, Our Lady of Martyrs Tertianship, Auriesville, New York, 1962β64. Professor of Church History, Woodstock College, Maryland, 1936β62.
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Spanish Inquisition, (1478β1834), judicial institution ostensibly established to combat heresy in Spain. In practice, the Spanish Inquisition served to consolidate power in the monarchy of the newly unified Spanish kingdom, but it achieved that end through infamously brutal methods. The medievalβ¦
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