HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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To convert the Native Americans to Catholicism
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To punish priests for selling indulgences
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To reinforce Catholic doctrine
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To praise Protestant reformers
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Roman Inquisition, an agency established in 1542, was designed chiefly to combat Protestantism, which was conceived and defined as heresy in Catholic territories.
Detailed explanation-2: -Alarmed by the spread of Protestantism and especially by its penetration into Italy, Pope Paul III in 1542 established in Rome the Congregation of the Inquisition. This institution was al so known as the Roman Inquisition and the Holy Office.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Inquisition was a permanent institution in the Catholic Church charged with the eradication of heresies. Unlike many other religions (e.g., Buddhism, Judaism), the Catholic Church has a hierarchical structure with a central bureaucracy.
Detailed explanation-4: -How did the Inquisition help the Catholic Church to gain, maintain, or consolidate power? The Inquisition helped maintain power by getting rid of the people who would spread anti-Catholic ideas, so they could keep the followers they had.