"In Italy, the Inquisition was condemning people to……" — Carl Sagan

In Italy, the Inquisition was condemning people to death until the end… - Carl Sagan
"In Italy, the Inquisition was condemning people to death until the end of the eighteenth century, and inquisitional torture was not abolished in the Catholic Church until 1816. The last bastion of support for the reality of witchcraft and the necessity of punishment has been the Christian churches."

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