Discurso apologetico de la Ynquisicion en satisfaccion a la carta que escribió el ciudadano frances Gregoire, obispo que se titula de Blois : dividido en tres puntos; en el primero, se le demuestra la necesidad de la Ynq[uisicio]n; en el segundo, la legitimidad de su establecim[ien]to; en el tercero, que lejos de ser (como supone) opuesta al espiritu y doctrina de la Yglesia, es muy conforme a lo que la escritura, los concilios y los padres nos enseñan

Timespan:

Early works to 1800; Charles IV, 1788-1808

Date:

1798

Description:

A defense of the Spanish Inquisition, written by an author who only identifies himself as an anti-revolutionary Spaniard, in response to a letter by Henri Grégoire, bishop of Blois and French revolutionary leader, which criticized the Inquisition. The main text is thematically divided between the necessity of the Inquisition, its legitimacy, and its conformity to scripture and the teachings of the church. The work is preceded by a preface addressed to the Spanish people, in which the author refers to previous responses to Gergoire's letter by two clergymen. However he feels that both have omitted a defense of the Inquisition from their responses, which is what compels him to "make up for this silence." He may be, in part, referring to the response to bishop Grégoire written by Joaquín Lorenzo Villanueva, published in 1798.

Language:

Spanish; Castilian

Subject:

Grégoire, Henri, 1750-1831; Inquisition -- Spain -- Early works to 1800; Inquisition; History

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Polemics; Manuscripts, Spanish; Manuscripts, European; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

236 leaves : paper; 197 x 142 (150 x 95) mm bound to 205 x 155 mm

Geographic Subject:

Spain -- History -- Charles IV, 1788-1808; Spain

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from title page (f. 1r).; Table of contents: 1. f.3r-9v: Proemio a los españoles.; Table of contents: 2. f.11r-234r: S[eñ]or ciudadano obispo.; Foliation: Paper, i + 236 + i leaves; [i, 1-234, i]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Layout: Written in 16 long lines.; Script: Written in a cursive script.; Watermark: Similar to Valls i Subirá, Bas, 89, but with the papermaker's name, Abad, enclosed in the circle and the name of a Valencian papermaking town, Alcoy, underneath.; Binding: Contemporary marbled calf (Zacour-Hirsch), with now detached ribbon bookmark.; Origin: Probably written in Spain in the late 18th or early 19th century.; Spanish.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1396