The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII.Llorente, Juan Antonio
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The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII.
Llorente, Juan Antonio
Inquisition -- Spain
_Cañuelo_ (Don Louis), advocate of the king's council during the reign
of Charles III. He was subjected to a penance, and abjured, _de levi_,
for having inserted certain propositions in some numbers of a periodical
work called _The Censor_, which appeared without the name of the author.
Cañuelo often published declamations against superstition in the
_Censor_, in which he proved the evil which might be produced by a blind
and vain confidence in the indulgences and pardons obtained by those who
wore the scapulary of our Lady of Mount Carmel, in reciting _neuvaines_,
and in the other outward exercises of devotion, which he said were
detrimental to the purity of religion. He also presumed to ridicule the
pompous titles given by the monks to the saints of their orders: thus
St. Augustine was called the _Eagle of Doctors_; St. Bernard, _Honied_;
St. Thomas, _Angelic_; St. Buonaventure, _Seraphic_; St. John de la
Cruix, _Mystic_; St. Francis, _Cherubim_; and St. Dominic, _Burning_. He
one day offered a recompense to any one who would apply the name of
_Cardinal_ to St. Jerome, and that of _Doctor_ to St. Theresa de Jesus.
The monks whom he ridiculed could not forgive his boldness, and they
persecuted him with virulence. The numbers of his work were prohibited,
although they were already published; and he was forbidden to write on
any subject which had the least relation to doctrine, morals, or the
received opinions on piety and devotion.
_Cantalapiedra_ (Martin Martinez de), professor of theology, and very
learned in the Oriental tongues. He was prosecuted during the reign of
Philip II. for publishing a book called _Hippotiposeon_, &c.; it was
prohibited, and inserted in the _Index_ of Cardinal Quiroga in 1583.
This author was suspected of Lutheranism, from having too much enforced
the necessity of consulting the original books of the Holy Scriptures,
in preference to the interpretations: he abjured _de levi_, submitted to
a penance, and was forbidden to write again. This example gives us an
idea of the judgment and discrimination of the judges and qualifiers.
_Carranza_ (Don Bartholomew), archbishop of Toledo. See Chapters 32, 33,
and 34.
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