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Congregation of the Inquisition

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Noun1.Congregation of the Inquisition - an inquisition set up in Italy in 1542 to curb the number of Protestants; "it was the Roman Inquisition that put Galileo on trial"


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Established by Pope Paul IV in 1557, the Index was first published by the Congregation of the Inquisition two years later.
Perhaps the greatest surprise to emerge from this new material is the dogged resistance of the congregation of the Inquisition to the papal will.
 
 
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