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Vintage painting of the Inquisition: The Men of the Holy Office.

Harmsworth`s Universal Encyclopaedia 1920s - Social History. Inquisition: The Men of the Holy Office. Representation of a scene where three inquisitors are considering a piece of evidence, from the painting by J. P. Laurens. The Inquisition, in historical ecclesiastical terminology also referred to as the `Holy Inquisition`, was a group of institutions within the Catholic Church whose aim was to combat heresy. Torture and violence were used by the Inquisition for eliciting confessions from heretics.